Monographic lecture: British Poetry and Prose of the Long Nineteenth Century 3301-2ST-WM-LB003
The lecture examines prominent literary works produced in Britain from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, featuring authors such as Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, and Joseph Conrad. The selected works are analysed in relation to themes including literary genres, narrative strategy, the publishing industry, faith and scepticism, “condition-of-England” issues, Darwinism, domesticity and gender roles, Victorian psychology, the Woman Question, race and empire, the fantastic and detective fiction, religion and science, economic and social class dynamics, education, literacy, Victorian readership, legislation and governance, sanitation crisis such as the "Great Stink" of 1858, and the intersection of novelists with theatrical practices.
Second-cycle studies (Master’s degree programme)
The comprehensive list of works covered in the lecture (subject to modification by the instructor):
Jane Austen ("Northanger Abbey," "Emma")
Mary Shelley ("Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus")
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")
Charles Dickens ("Oliver Twist," "A Christmas Carol," "The Mystery of Edwin Drood")
Alfred Tennyson (selected poetry)
Robert Browning (selected poetry)
Emily Brontё ("Wuthering Heights")
Charlotte Brontё ("Jane Eyre")
Elizabeth Gaskell ("North and South")
Robert Louis Stevenson ("The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde")
Oscar Wilde ("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
Arthur Conan Doyle ("The Sign of Four")
Thomas Hardy ("Tess of the d’Urbervilles," selected poetry)
Bram Stoker ("Dracula")
H. G. Wells ("The Island of Doctor Moreau," "The Time Machine")
Joseph Conrad ("Heart of Darkness," "The Secret Agent")
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The graduate has in-depth familiarity with:
K_W01: advanced terminology, theories, and research methodologies that align with the current state of scholarship in literary studies as well as culture and religion studies, specifically in relation to British literature and culture of the long 19th century.
Abilities
the graduate is able to:
K_U01: apply advanced terminology, theories, and research methodologies from literary studies, as well as culture and religion studies, to address complex and original research problems related to British literature and culture of the long 19th century
Assessment criteria
Written exam at the end of the semester (verification of outcomes: W, U).
Students who fail an exam or do not take it may retake it during the resit examination session.
Bibliography
• Bevis, Matthew, ed. "The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry." Oxford: OUP, 2013.
• Brantlinger, Patrick, and William A. Thesing, eds. "A Companion to the Victorian Novel." Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002.
• Bristow, Joseph, ed. "The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry." Cambridge: CUP, 2006.
• Mahoney, Charles, ed. "A Companion to Romantic Poetry." Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
• Maxwell, Richard, and Katie Trumpener, eds. "The Cambridge Companion to Fiction in the Romantic Period." Cambridge: CUP, 2009.
• Leighton, Mary Elizabeth, and Lisa Surridge, eds. "The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Prose, 1832-1901." Peterborough, Ont: Broadview, 2012.
• Sanders, Andrew. "The Short Oxford History of English Literature." Oxford: OUP, 2004.
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