Approaches to Victorian Literature

Code

ENGL4318

School

English

Level

4

Credits

N/A

Semesters

April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK

Summary

This pod provides research tools and concepts to enable advanced level research in Victorian literature. It provides an understanding of the textual condition of Victorian literature, explaining the conditions of nineteenth-century publishing culture, and its impact on the kinds of writing produced during this period; of the contexts of Victorian literature, focussing on different ways of modelling the relationship between nineteenth-century literary works and Victorian society; and of Victorian aesthetics, covering the different theorizations of literary value associated with Romanticism, Realism, Aestheticism and Decadence. The pod concludes with a case-study, which will demonstrate how the research tools and concepts covered in this pod can provide a deeper understanding of a literary work from the period.  

Target Students

Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.

Assessment

• 100% Participation: Student Participation

Assessed by end of designated period

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of the textual condition of Victorian Literature 1830-1900, and the relevance of this knowledge to the production of a specific literary work or works.

Demonstrate a theoretical understanding of how to model the relationship between literary texts and Victorian society, in relation to a chosen theme or topic.

Demonstrate a critical understanding of the main concepts in Victorian literary aesthetics, applying this knowledge in relation to the production and consumption of specific works from the period.

Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.

Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).

Conveners

• Dr Rebekah Scott