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(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
Prerequisite ENGL 251
Offered Fall
Programs -

Course Outcomes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Find, analyze, evaluate, and assimilate new information related to the field of British Victorian literature.
  4. Compose, revise, critique, and refine persuasive critical papers in edited English with topics related to the period.
  5. Understand, organize, integrate, and document successfully data from primary and secondary sources.
  6. Expressing a clear, concise, and convincing manner in public and professional settings.