LIT208
This course focuses on British literature from the Romantic to the contemporary period. It emphasizes critical reading and analysis of selected fiction, poetry, drama, and essays.
Most Recent Syllabus Fall 2021
Typically I break this course up into three modules…
Works of literature that engage with the rise of modern technology
Works of literature that focus on the changing roles of women
Miscellaneous works of literature that cover other aspects of the era. I would like to expand this for four modules in the future with a new one focusing directly on minorities during the era.
Bibliography Of Discussed Works Over The Years
Novels
Mulk Raj Anand-Untouchable
Mary Elizabeth Braddon-Lady Audley’s Secret
Charlotte Bronte-Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte-Wuthering Heights
George Eliot-The Mill On The Floss
Robert Graves-Homer’s Daughter
Sheridan Le Fanu-Carmilla
Mary Shelly-Frankenstein
Bram Stoker-Dracula
Virginia Woolf-Mrs. Dalloway
Poetry
Matthew Arnold-Dover Beach
T.S. Eliot-The Wasteland
Stevie Smith-Waving Not Drowning
Lord Tennyson-Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Lord Tennyson-Idylls Of The King
Short Fiction
Arthur Conan Doyle-A Scandal In Bohemia
James Joyce-Araby
Mary Shelley-The Mortal Immortal
Non Fiction
John Stuart Mill-On Liberty
John Henry Cardinal Newman-Idea of a University
George Orwell-The Road To Wigan Pier
George Orwell-Politics and the English Language
Thomas Paine-Rights of Man
John Ruskin-Sesame & Lillies
Mary Wollstonecraft-Vindication Of The Rights of Men
Mary Wollstonecraft-Vindication Of The Rights of Women
Virginia Woolf-A Room Of Ones Own
Virginia Woolf-Three Guineas