8:104 Literature and Culture of Victorian Britain

Syllabus

Tuesday 21 January 2014

introduction to course, commentary on social conditions in Victorian Britain

Thursday 23 January 2014

Growing Up in Victorian England: Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, pp. 1-185

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, pp. 186-end

Thursday 30 January 2014

Christina Rossetti, "Goblin Market"

Tuesday 4 February 2014

George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Books 1 and 2

Thursday 6 February 2014

George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Books 3 and 4

Tuesday 11 February 2014

George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Books 5 and 6

Thursday 13 February

George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Books 7 and review

Tuesday 18 February 2014

quiz/test on Hughes, Rossetti, Eliot

Thursday 20 February 2014

Myth and Fantasy: Alfred Tennyson, "Ulysses"

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Augusta Webster, "Medea"

Thursday 27 February 2014

slides of Pre-Raphaelite and other Victorian art

Tuesday 4 March 2014

Victorian Values: Matthew Arnold, "Sweetness and Light," John Ruskin, "Ad Valorem"

Thursday 6 March 2014

John Stuart Mill, Chapter 1, "Of Liberty of Thought and Discussion," Walter Pater, "Leonardo da Vinci"

Topic and brief bibliography for research paper due.

Tuesday 11 March 2014

The Industrial Order: Frances Trollope, Michael Armstrong, Factory Boy

Abstract and outline for research paper due.

Thursday 13 March 2014

Frances Trollope, Michael Armstrong, Factory Boy

Research paper due: Friday 14 March 2014

Tuesday 18 March 2014 and Thursday 20th March 2014

spring break

Tuesday 25 March 2014

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "The Cry of the Children"

Tuesday 25 March 2014

Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, first half

Thursday 27 March 2014

Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, second half

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Empire: Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince

Thursday 3 April 2014

quiz/test Tennyson, Webster, Arnold, Ruskin, Mill, Pater, Barrett Browning, Trollope, Gaskell, Prince

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Faith and Doubt: Alfred Tennyson, "In Memoriam"

Thursday 10 April 2014

Alfred Tennyson, "In Memoriam"

Tuesday 15 April 2014

Olive Schreiner, The Story of An African Farm

attend talk on "Empires and Scapegoats: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Near East," 308 EPB, 3:30-4:45 p. m.

Thursday 17 April 2014

Olive Schreiner, The Story of An African Farm

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Olive Schreiner, The Story of An African Farm

Thursday 24 April 2014

Margaret Oliphant, "The Open Door"

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Alternative Realities: William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World

Thursday 1 May 2014

William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World

Tuesday 6 May 2014

Victorian songs: "The Lost Chord," "The Old Arm Chair," "Abide with Me," "The Hartley Mine Explosion"

Thursday 8 May 2014

test/quiz; student presentations

Final Exam and Presentation: 13 May 2014 12:30 p. m.

final 6 page papers due May 16th, 2014