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Truth, Desire, and the Ethics of Representation in the Enlightenment
| Course Number: | LIT 413 |
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| Title: | Truth, Desire, and the Ethics of Representation in the Enlightenment |
| Day & Time: | TR 10:30AM 11:45AM |
| Instructor: | Taylor S |
| Credit: | 1.00 |
| Course Description: | In the 18th century, pornography, philosophy, and fiction were regular bedfellows. Enlightenment writers used the pornographic mode—the art of explicit representation—to dissect, scrutinize, and critique the religious and political status quo, to present things both as they are and as they should be. How does a pornographic lens help us to see truths that might otherwise escape us? Who is harmed in this search for truth? Are representations of sex necessarily political? Readings will include Eliza Haywood, John Cleland, Marquis de Sade, Mary Hays, and Matthew Lewis. |
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