Seminar in Victorian Literature credit:

4 Hours

Seminar in British literature written between 1830 and 1900, organized around topics such as industrial fiction, aestheticism, imperialism, gender and sexuality, Pre-Raphaelite poetry, or the Victorian Gothic. Authors may include Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, the Brontës, Alfred Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, H. Rider Haggard, or H.G. Wells. This seminar will also discuss important secondary literature and advanced theoretical approaches. May be repeated in separate terms up to 12 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: A college course devoted entirely to an aspect of Victorian studies or consent of instructor.