ENGL 208

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Victorian Lit and Culture

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Credit: 3 hours.

Study of literature, philosophy, visual arts, and social criticism of the British Victorian period, with attention to broader cultural issues.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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ENGL 208 class schedule data for fall 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	30155	Lecture-Discussion	P	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	149 English Building	Saville, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Literally, “the Victorian Age” refers to the historical period 1837-1901 when the island nation of Great Britain, under the rule of Queen Victoria, extended its power to become “the Empire on which the sun never sets.” The growth of industrial capitalism and commodity culture in Britain was both a motivation and an effect of imperialism and with it came numerous other cultural changes: a gradual extension of the franchise and the shift of political power from hereditary landowners to the middle class; the rise of the popular press and expansion of the reading public; the construction of radical gender difference with the separation of public and private spheres; challenges to the Established Church by reform, dissent, and freethinking. The literature of this period does not simply reflect these shifts and changes, but actually participates in them, sometimes in spite of itself. Our task will be to study works of Victorian literature as cultural forms and as social acts with ethical and political weight. Our readings will include serialized fiction by Charles Dickens; poetry from such figures as the laureate, Alfred Tennyson, the Brownings, Matthew Arnold, and Arthur Hugh Clough; selections of prose by Harriet Martineau, John Stuart Mill, and Walter Pater; and the social criticism of Oscar Wilde. Course requirements will include two critical papers, a mid-term test, a final test, and a series of in-class quizzes.