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English 133 - Winter, 2014
19th Century British Literature
Class Information
Instructor:
Frederickson, Kathleen
CRN:
84126
Time:
MWF 12:10-1:00
Location:
207 Olson
Description
This course will examine some of the major British literary texts of the Romantic and Victorian periods. We will examine how literary form helped to produce the period’s thinking on such topics as empire, capital, gender, sexuality, health, class, technology, and evolution. We will read a selection of secondary articles drawn from contemporary scholarship in order to develop our thinking about the period.
Grading
* Midterm Paper
* Revision
* Final Paper
* Final Exam
* In-class quizzes and writing
* Attendance (required at all class sessions) and participation
Texts
Great Expectations
, Charles Dickens
Sonnets from the Portuguese
, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
The Importance of Being Earnest
, Oscar Wilde
Mary Barton
, Elizabeth Gaskell
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
, Robert Louis Stevenson