Leslie, Michael2014-03-112014-03-112013-08-22http://hdl.handle.net/10267/20024This syllabus was submitted to the Office of Academic by the course instructor. Uploaded by Lorie Yearwood.Many of the greatest writers of fiction have turned to earlier historical periods for the setting of their stories. Why is that? What do they find compelling about imagining conflicts and adventures set in the past? What opportunities do writers find and why have readers responded so powerfully? Historical fiction has been looked down upon in some quarters, but at the moment the writer winning all the prizes, not just the sales, is Hilary Mantel, for her two (of an eventual three) novels about early 16th-century England. In this course we read a sample of historical fiction over three centuries, asking questions about style, plot, theme, and topic. Texts are Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year (1722); Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859); Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (1886); Rudyard Kipling, short stories; and ending with Mantel′s Wolf Hall (2009).en-USRhodes College owns the rights to the archival digital images in this collection. Objects are made available for educational use only and may not be used for any non-educational or commercial purpose. Approved educational uses include private research and scholarship, teaching, and student projects. Original copies of the programs are stored in the Rhodes College Archives. In all instances of use, acknowledgement must be given to Rhodes College Archives Digital Repository, Memphis, TN. For information regarding permission to use this image, please email the Archives at archives@rhodes.eduEnglish, Department ofSyllabusAcademic departmentsTextCurriculum2012 FallSyllabus