ENG 660 The Nineteenth-Century British Novel
The novel as a literary genre reached its pinnacle during the 19th Century in Britain. This course explores the form through a study of the great writers of the period, including Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Jane Brontë, Anne Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Elliot, Anthony Trollope, Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, and Wilkie Collins. Of particular interest are representations of female characters during the period, especially the female voice as both writer and narrator. This course is reading intensive, and major analytical essays are required.