(ENGL 375) English Literature from 1832 to 1890: The Victorian Period
The middle and late-nineteenth century, including works of Carlyle, Ruskin, the Brontës, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, the Rossettis, Hardy, Swinburne, and Meredith.
Credit Hours | 3.0 Lecture |
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Prerequisite | ENGL 251 |
Offered | Fall-odd years |
Programs | English (BA), English Education (BA), English Minor |
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Learn about and engage in informed discourse and debate about the selected works, criticism, and theory in the British literature of the middle and late-nineteenth century, including works of Carlyle, Ruskin, the Brontë's, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, the Rossetti's, Hardy, Swinburne, Meredith, and other major Victorian writers.
- Comprehend and reflect upon the value and richness of those texts for the expansion of the intellect, for the testing of new knowledge, and for affirming the values of literature.
- Find, analyze, evaluate, and assimilate new information related to the field of British Victorian literature.
- Compose, revise, critique, and refine persuasive critical papers in edited English with topics related to the period.
- Understand, organize, integrate, and document successfully data from primary and secondary sources.
- Expressing a clear, concise, and convincing manner in public and professional settings.