ENGH 431: Topics: British Literary Periods

ENGH 431-001: Victorian Modes
(Fall 2012)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M

Section Information for Fall 2012

This course provides a framework for exploring the diverse and influential literature of the Victorian period as well as contemporary critical approaches to it, with special emphasis on questions of gender and historical context. We will read texts, popular in their own time and canonical today, that represent a range of key genres from the period: reformist journalism by Henry Mayhew, novels by Charles Dickens and George Eliot, poetry by Tennyson, plays by Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, and some of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective fiction.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

In-depth study of selected period of British literature. In addition to literary examples, materials may be chosen from art, philosophy, or popular culture of the time. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different with permission of department. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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