The Victorian Age: Progress and Anxiety
Faculteit | Letteren |
Jaar | 2020/21 |
Vakcode | LEL020B05 |
Vaknaam | The Victorian Age: Progress and Anxiety |
Niveau(s) | bachelor |
Voertaal | Engels |
Periode | semester II a |
ECTS | 5 |
Rooster | Rooster onder voorbehoud |
Uitgebreide vaknaam | The Victorian Age: Progress and Anxiety | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leerdoelen | Upon successful completion of the course unit, students are able to: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the nature of the Victorian era, via its literature; 2. Describe the social contexts of these texts; 3. Analyze various views of literary works; 4. Demonstrate some independent literary-critical thought. |
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Omschrijving | In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and the Industrial Revolution Great Britain appeared to be set upon a path of social and technological development unparalleled in human experience. Yet the period was shadowed by profound anxieties: the ebbing of religious faith; the arrival of scientific evolutionism, the condition of the working class in slums and factories, and above all rampant materialism. Many of these conditions continue to haunt Western society, and so the Victorian era remains of profound significance to the the modern day. Through the imaginative and discursive literature of the time we shall shed light on both the dream of progress and the presence of anxiety in this crucial period. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uren per week | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Onderwijsvorm |
(1 hr lecture 2 hr seminar) |
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Toetsvorm | schriftelijke opdracht(en) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vaksoort | bachelor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coördinator | prof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Docent(en) | R.L. Fletcher, MA. ,prof. dr. R.D.P. Lansdown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Entreevoorwaarden | 45 ECTS of the propedeutic phase of the Major English Language and Culture | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opmerkingen | Oxford World's Classics editions are (mostly) listed here; but any reasonable edition will do. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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