ENG 4320 - The Nineteenth- Century Novel

Institution:

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Subject:

English

Description:

3 hours; 3 credits The novel was the most popular literary form in 19th-century England and continues to shape contemporary expectations of storytelling and character. Writers of the period used fiction to explore challenging issues of the day: poverty, industrialization, the growth of cities, the expansion of empires, changes in the family, and the relations between the sexes. This course will examine the representation of social and psychological experience in important novels of the period. Authors to be studied include Austen, the Bront s, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, and Wilde. Prerequisite: ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850 or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.baruch.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(646) 312-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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