ENG4343 – Satire and the City: Literature in the British Enlightenment
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course offers an introduction to some of the most important developments in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature, focusing especially on topics that centre on the metropolis (London) as the seat of ideological tensions in a period of exceptional political and cultural ferment, and of unruly expansion in nearly every sphere, including the literary, the economic, and incipiently, the imperial. It is the great age of satire and the city, in which the highest and lowest genres meet in the strangest of mixtures.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you:
- know a collection of central texts in the British Enlightenment;
- area ble to analyse texts in relation to their ideological, historical and social contexts;
- can write an academic paper on a topic central to the concerns of syllabus texts, in a way that shows an informed awareness of relevant critical debates in scholarship;
- know the research methods associated with the use of an academic library.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
The course has a capacity of 15 students. ILOS will not provide additional capacity if there are more applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course assumes a good proficiency in written and oral English
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with ENG2303 – British Literature in the Age of Enlightenment.
- 10 credits overlap with ENG2303 – British Literature in the Age of Enlightenment.
Teaching
Seminars, 2?hours per week for 14 weeks.?28 hours in total.
- A?first draft of the term paper?turned in by a stated deadline. Read more about rules concerning valid excuses and how to apply for approved postponements.
- It is obligatory to show up for a minimum of 60% of the teaching. In this course you have to attend 8 of 14 seminars. The requirement is absolute.
The allowed absence limit will cover all absences, including illness. You will not be granted valid absences with documentation, even when the absence is due to something beyond your control.
If the course has in-person teaching, and you are signed up for an in-person seminar group, you are to attend the teaching in the location found in the schedule.
If the course has digital teaching, and you are signed up for a digital seminar group, you must attend via Zoom with your camera on.
In certain circumstances, i.e. serious or chronic illness, you could apply for?special needs accommodation.
All obligatory activities must be approved for you to sit the exam. Fulfilled course requirements are only valid the semester you attend the course.
Examination
The form of assessment is a term paper of 10 standard pages (a standard page consists of 2,300 characters). References and bibliography comes in addition.
You determine the topic of the term paper together with the lecturer.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Results will be found in StudentWeb three weeks after the exam is completed.
Resit an examination
A term paper or equivalent that is passed may not be resubmitted in revised form.
If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.