ENGL 358 - English Literature in Transition

Institution:

Widener University-Delaware Campus

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Description:

This course examines British literature of the transitional years bridging the Victorian and modern periods, with particular emphasis on Oscar Wilde as the central figure of the 1890s and on Thomas Hardy as the last Victorian novelist and first Modernist poet. Other issues include the rise of realism, aestheticism and decadence, feminism and the "New Woman," the power of popularfiction versus "the novel as a work of Art," and the literaryimpact of World War I.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(302) 477-2100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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