EL35PN Victorianism: Literature, Art and Society
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30 credit points: 12 weeks
Course co-ordinator : TBA
Pre-requisite(s) : Available only to students in programme year 3 or above who have passed 60 credit points in level 2 English courses, or by permission of the Programme Co-ordinator.
Many of our modern sensibilities were shaped in the nineteenth century, a period of rapid change that saw increasing urbanisation, an explosion in population, and major political reform. These changes brought anxiety and introspection, and the literature of the time expresses both excitement and doubt as Britain moved towards the secular, urban and democratic society we know today. The course will examine the complex inter-relationship between selected works and issues of the day, including Reform, "culture", and the function of art in society. Authors studied will include Charlotte Brontë , Matthew Arnold, Charles Dickens, Alfred Lord Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelites.
1 two-hour lecture and 1 two-hour seminar per week: Tue/Fri at 11
1 two-hour examination (40%), In-course assessment: essay (40%), group project
(10%), and seminar work (10%)
Re-sit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%)