ENGL 220 - Crime and Passion:Studies in Victorian Literature

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Trinity College

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Description:

This course introduces students to major writers and issues from the British Victorian period (1837-1901). It will focus on texts--fiction, non-fictional prose, and poetry--in which notions of propriety and morality are in productive dialogue with crimes, threatening secrets, and subversive passions. Texts to be studied include Charlotte Bront 's Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens' Bleak House, D.G. Rossetti's Jenny, and M.E. Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret. (Please note: this course requires substantial amounts of reading; Victorian novels are long!) For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing cultural con 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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