- to introduce students to major works of European 18th-
century literature, with emphasis on the Enlightenment and the 
relevance of these texts to contemporary society around the 
world;
- to situate those works within the social, historical,
political, and cultural developments of the period;
- to enhance students' critical abilities through the analysis 
of individual texts; 
- to improve students' communication skills through oral
presentations and expository writing assignments. 

Students' performances will be assessed through presentations,
tests, papers, and a final examination.

The readings of literary works structure the course, with the
specific works selected varying with the instructor. Special 
emphasis will be placed on the relevance of these texts to 
contemporary society around the world. Topics frequently
covered in the course include: sentiment and enlightenment; 
reason and revolution; the domestication of women and the 
drama of marriage; courtship and seduction; comedy and the 
popular theater; gothic fiction; French classicism and the 
development of the German theater. 

The following is a sample syllabus of readings for a single 
semester:

Swift.  Gulliver's Travels
Diderot. Rameau's Nephew
Voltaire. Candide
Marivaux.  The Game of Love and Chance
Rousseau. Confessions
Goldoni.  The Mistress of the Inn
Lessing.  Amelia Galotti
Goethe.  The Sorrows of Young Werther
Schiller.  The Robbers
Laclos.  Dangerous Liaisons

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