This course will read volumes 1, 2, and 3 of Robinson Crusoe, often referred to as the Crusoe Trilogy. Most readers' awareness of this canonical text extends only to volume 1, The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), but this omission deprives readers of a holistic experience of the entire work. What does it mean that a text, widely considered to be the first English novel ever written, today only receives attention for the first third of it (volume 1)? This class will read Robinson Crusoe in its entirety. Beginning with volume 1, we will examine its religious roots and its debt to spiritual autobiography, and continuing with volume 2 (Farther Adventures) and volume 3 (Serious Reflections), we will see how the hero transitions to a more secular way of life. Ultimately, Robinson Crusoe is not just a story about a hero's religious transition, it is about society's transition from the religious to the secular.

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COURESE LEADER
Judith Stucher has a PhD in English, with a specialization in religion and literature. She has taught at the college level for ten years and has published numerous articles on 18th-century British literature.

GENERAL INFORMATION
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