Victorian Literature and Culture

6 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course examines the formations and transformations in British literature and culture between 1832 and 1901 through an exploration of literary (poetry and prose) and non-literary texts. In any year, the course is organized around several specific themes, such as Empire and colonialism, domesticity, detection and surveillance, childhood, or aestheticism; and several specific methodologies, such as cultural studies, postcolonial studies, gender and sexuality studies, narrative theory, or Marxist theory. Although this course draws on a wide range of non-canonical material, writers whose works we consider include the Brontës, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Tennyson, the Brownings, Oscar Wilde, and Thomas Hardy. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and ENGL-3211. Requisite Courses: 6 credit hours of First-year English, including ENGL-1001(6) or ENGL-1000(3) [prerequisite(s)].