Course OutlineEighteenth Century British Literature and ThoughtM.A. II Semester; January-July 2012Instructor: Sindhu Menon.This course is intended as an introductory survey of some of the significant thought processes and their literary manifestations in 18th century English Literature. A date based cut-off point would be arbitrary as the period thoroughly merits the name of the long 18th century, and is usually spoken of in conjunction with the Restoration and the Age of Sensibility. The border lines therefore are quite flexible. A list of core texts is given below and these will be dealt with in classroom discussions. The rationale behind the selection of the core texts and the approach adopted in the course itself is primarily genre oriented. Core TextsJohn Dryden Mac Flecknoe Daniel Defoe: The True Born Englishman, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Selections from her Letters, Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal A Meditation on a Broomstick Addison & Steele: In Westminster Abbey, The Spectator Club, Sir Roger at Church Henry Fielding: Joseph AndrewsSara Fielding: Extracts from The GovernessAlexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Selected Cantos from The Rape of The LockDr. Johnson: Letter to Chesterfield, Preface to Shakespeare.Boswell: Extracts from the Life of Johnson.Stephen Duck: The Threshers Labour (Extracts)Mary Collier: The Womans Labour (Extracts)Thomas Gray: Elegy Written in a country Churchyard, The Bard.Issac Watts: - Against Idleness and Mischief, Man Frail and God EternalThomas Wharton Lilliburlero Henry Carey Sally in our Alley Anonymous Vicar of Bray.Thomas Hood : The Song of the ShirtOliver Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer, Goody Two-ShoesWilliam Collins: Ode to EveningChristopher Smart: my Cat JeoffreyWilliam Cowper: The Castaway.