| Course Title: Advanced Seminar: 'Gender and Class in the Victorian Novel' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: This course will investigate how gender and class serve as structuring principles in the development of the Victorian novel in Britain, paying attention to the ways in which the form also develops in relation to emerging ideas about sexuality, race, nation, and religion. Novelists include Bronte, Dickens, Eliot, and Gaskell and we will read examples of domestic fiction, detective fiction, social realist novels, and the Victorian gothic. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Amy Martin | 413-538-2644 | amartin@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | CLEV - Cleveland | 003L | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Meets the English department's 1700-1900 requirement. |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXMAP0001 | NXMAP: Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public History | This course is approved for the Museums, Archives, and Public History Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-323-01 Gender & Class/Victorian Novel |
| GNDST-333SS-01 Gender & Class/Victorian Novel |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Jane Eyre Author: Brontë, Charlotte Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393640502 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: Wuthering Heights Author: Brontë, Emily Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780553212587 Publisher: Bantam |
Required | 4.95 |
| Title: Hard Times Author: Dickens, Charles Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393284386 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 18.75 |
| Title: Mill on the Floss Author: Eliot, George Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780141439624 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 12.00 |
| Title: The Moonstone Author: Collins, Wilkie Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780198819394 Publisher: Oxford |
Required | 9.95 |
| Title: Dracula Author: Stoker, Bram Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393970128 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 20.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: While I have provided a list of the editions that I use myself, you can purchase any edition, hardcopy or e-book, as long as it is unabridged. If you already own a copy of any of these novels, please use that if you would like. If you can find a less expensive edition, feel free to choose that one. |