ENGL 40139 - The Individual in Nineteenth-Century Literature

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

This course analyzes a seminal transition in Western society as it moves from an agrarian world centered around the rural estate to an urban culture built on industry and commerce. Literary texts emphasize the physical, psychological, and moral consequences to the individual of the decline of the estate, the rise of capitalism, the nontraditional nature of life and work in the city, various challenges to the established order (socialism, anarchism), and changing notions of gender. Texts include Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe; Nikolai Gogol, "The Overcoat"; Eugene Sue, The Mysteries Of Paris (excerpts); Leo Tolstoy, Childhood; Charles Dickens, Hard Times; Horatio Alger, Ragged Dick; Emile Zola, Germinal; and Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House. Nonliterary texts used to support the literary depiction of the era include John Locke, "Of Property," Adam Smith, The Wealth Of Nations (excerpts); Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto; and Henry Mayhew, London Labour and The London Poor (excerpts).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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