Reading the Victorians
ENGL 245
Spring 2007 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 255 |
Why read the Victorians? To know more about how an industrial, urban, commercial, imperial nation imagines itself; to understand better how middle-class culture is established and comes to work all by itself; to explore the power of representations of sexual difference--the famous separate spheres for 19th-century men and women--and of the great divide which opens between the public and the private. In other words, to better know ourselves. Our primary focus will be on novels; we will read other kinds of Victorian texts as well, and current literary criticism and historical studies. Why study literature to address these questions? To understand better the complex pleasures of novelistic representation, to learn how novels work. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Novels by Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot and others. Selections from newspaper journalism, including Henry Mayhew's letters on "London Labour and the London Poor." Essays, including selections from Carlyle. Readings from the critical literature on the Victorian novel, including Nancy Armstrong, Mary Poovey, and Catherine Gallagher.
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Examinations and Assignments:
One 8 page paper; one 15 page paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course will depend on class discussion and oral presentations. You must be prepared to keep up with a heavy reading load. |
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