ENGL 40321 - The Victorians

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

It was actually the generation following the Victorian era that established our narrowest stereotypes concerning Victorian prudishness, earnestness and stiff formality. This course shows how Victorian literature registers the tremendous changes and heterogeneity of British culture from the 1830s to the 1890s. Our thematic clusters include: gender and sexuality; poverty and social reform; religious doubt and self-reflection; nationalism and empire; and the arts and aestheticism. I anticipate assigning literary works by Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, and Oscar Wilde. We will also look to numerous works in nonfiction prose, poetry, and the visual arts.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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