ENGL 386 - Approaching the Victorian Novel

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Trinity College

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We will take as our object of study middle- and late-Victorian novels that are notable for their popularity, their controversial nature, or their status as representative Victorian novels. Some themes of particular note in our readings will be utopian visions, possessive individualism, gothic approaches, and novels about the ghostly (the ectoplasmic). We will view these novels through various lenses, including cultural studies, commodity culture, and queer theory. We will practice various collaborative ways of thinking, writing, and speaking theoretically about Victorian novels as opposed to learning about how to apply theory to fiction. Readings will include works by Charlotte Bront , Sheridan LeFanu, George Eliot, George Meredith, Henry James, Charles Darwin, and John Stuart Mill. This course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800. Prerequisite: English 260 with a minimum grade of C-. 1.00 units, Lecture

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www.Trincoll.edu

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(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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