EL 319 - The Victorian Era

Institution:

Saint Vincent College

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Description:

Through study of fiction, poetry, and painting, as well as some texts from the sciences, social sciences, and philosophy, this upper-level literature course explores-through lecture and especially discussion- the world view of British writers such as Tennyson, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the Rossettis, Arnold, the Br?ntes, Dickens, Hardy, and Wilde, during the reign of Queen Victoria, caught in the struggle to find order during the collapse of Romanticism and the slow birth of Modernism. The course requires participation in class discussion, some in-class writing, two minor projects (an annotated bibliography and an exercise in literary theory), an essay (a critical review), a research essay, a midterm essay exam, and a final essay exam. Prerequisites: Completion of EL 102 Language and Rhetoric and at least one literature course. Three credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stvincent.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 539-9761

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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