ENGL 422 - The Victorian Period

4 credit(s)
An advanced study of several literary genres during the Victorian Period of British Literature (1837-1901), with special emphasis on the affects on authors of the triumph of the Industrial Revolution, the rise of Darwin’s theories, the challenges to religious and social orthodoxies, and changes in aesthetics, among other topics. Authors to be studied could include such figures as Austen, Dickens, Eliot, Tennyson, the Rosettis, Arnold, Swinburne, Hopkins, Ruskin, Shaw, Gissing, the Brownings, Mill, and others.
Offered: Offered alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed) and 2 courses (minimum 2 each) from 200-level ENGL or above.