| Course Title: Victorian Literature and Visual Culture |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: This course will examine literary texts that represent new forms of visuality in nineteenth-century Britain as well as examples of visual culture that provide a framework for reading Victorian culture in innovative ways. We will study nineteenth-century photography -- portraiture, prison photography, imperial photographs, and private and popular erotic images -- as well as novels and autobiographical writing that engage with new photographic technology and its transformation of the ways in which Victorians understood identity, politics, aesthetics, and representation. The course will take a similar approach to painting, literary illustration, political cartoons and caricature, and advertising. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| 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 |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Seminar | Monday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 203 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Meets the English department's legacy 1700-1900 requirement. |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXJRN0001 | NXJRN: Nexus in Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse | This course is approved for the Journalism, Media, & Public Discourse Nexus track. |
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0003 | CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway. |
| CRPE0007 | CRPE-RE: Representation Courses | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Representation requirement. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 20 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Bleak House Author: Dickens, Charles Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780199536313 Publisher: Oxford |
Required | 16.20 |
| Title: The Annotated Alice Author: Carroll, Lewis Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0393245431 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 26.49 |
| Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray Author: Wilde, Oscar Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780451530455 Publisher: Signet |
Required | 4.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Please note that Bleak House and The Picture of DG have my preferred edition noted. Others are acceptable as long as they are unabridged. For The Annotated Alice, you must have the indicated edition because of its illustrations. |