2022 Fall ENGLISH 100 005 SEM 005

2022 Fall

ENGLISH 100 005 - SEM 005

The Seminar on Criticism

The Victorian Novel

Sukanya Banerjee

Aug 24, 2022 - Dec 09, 2022
Tu, Th
08:00 am - 09:29 am
Class #:30531
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through English

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0
Enrolled: 18
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 18
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.

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Course Catalog Description

This seminar is designed to provide English majors with intensive and closely supervised work in critical reading and writing. Although sections of the course may address any literary question, period, or genre, they all provide an introduction to critical and methodological problems in literary studies.

Class Description

Focusing on the Victorian novel, this course will examine why it emerged as the dominant literary form in nineteenth-century Britain. What made the novel so popular, and in what ways did the novel shape—and was shaped in turn—by the prevailing social, political, and aesthetic preoccupations of the time? What accounts for the Victorian novel’s abiding hold on us today? In addressing these questions, we will read different genres of the Victorian novel, the bildungsroman, the “industrial” novel, the sensation novel, and the fin de siècle gothic. In doing so, we will also focus on enhancing our analytical skills: close reading, developing a thesis, and structuring an argument. Course assignments will include a couple of short assignments culminating in a final paper that will be due at the end of the semester. Readings include the novels listed above and materials in bCourses.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Requirements class fulfills

Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

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