“The sacred rights of mankind…are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself.”  – Alexander Hamilton

Learning Outcomes

Traveling through time on the Spadina Streetcar

• Describe the major historical and cultural developments of the Enlightenment; explain key concepts
• Describe the major conventions, tropes, and themes of Enlightenment literature; identify and discuss those features with regard to individual authors/works