Course Description
A special topic not otherwise offered in the English curriculum. Topics and instructors vary from semester to semester.
Athena Title
Nineteenth-Century British Lit
Prerequisite
Two 2000-level ENGL courses or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 3000-level ENGL course) or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 2000-level CMLT course)
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students, having read a substantial body of literature, will be able to discuss the assigned works (orally and in writing) with a considerable degree of critical sophistication, to read and enjoy other works from the period, and to converse with fellow students about texts and issues related to the subject matter of the course.
Topical Outline
The choice and sequence of topics will vary from instructor to instructor and semester to semester. The topics will consist of selected works by various authors, to be read outside of class and discussed in class, examined individually and comparatively in the context of the times and the circumstances of their composition. Because the course will change from semester to semester, students are encouraged to refer to the English Department website for information concerning the course content for a specific semester. Topics in the past have included: Byron, the Shelleys and their Circle Celluloid and Cyberspace: Jane Austen in and out of her time From Caleb to Frankenstein: Novels of the Romantic Period Romantic Opera Research in Victorian Literature and Culture: the 1850s Literature, Technology, and Science in the Nineteenth Century Hawthorne, James, Hardy, and Eliot Victorian Gothic The Victorian New Woman Periodically during the semester, students will perform a number of graded tasks, including some combination of tests, critical essays, and in-class writing assignments.
Syllabus