Specialization - The Victorians

ENGL 3347  The Victorians

Prerequisites:

Six credits of 2000 level English (excluding ENGL 2001, ENGL 2002 and ENGL 2011).

Antirequisites:

ENGL 3145

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine a selection of British poetry, prose, and fiction from the mid-1830s to the end of the nineteenth century, commonly known as the Victorian period. Through a close examination of each text in the context of the cultural discourses in which it was produced and received, students gain a better understanding of the literary responses to social, intellectual, and political upheavals.