ENG-317 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
In the nineteenth century, British fiction
experienced a significant florescence. This
course will acquaint students with major forms of
nineteenth-century fiction including domestic
realism, adventure-romance, fantasy, the gothic,
and naturalism. We will study this literature in
the context of nineteenth-century culture,
particularly gender relations, perceptions of
childhood, the tensions between individual desire
and social norms, and the practices of literary
production.(Literature Seminars)
Prerequisites: 200-level Introduction to Literary
Studies course (any version).