Body, space, text: an introduction to the semiotics of performance
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
ENH2330
Victorian literature
P Naish
8 points * 2.5 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
This subject examines some of the major works to emerge during the Victorian period (1837-1901). References will be made in lectures and tutorials to changes in English society and to the trends of thought accompanying these changes, wherever this helps to suggest the chief characteristics of Victorian sensibilities. While the main emphasis will be on interpretation of the texts, certain topics will be studied in detail: childhood and education, the position of women and marriage, industrialisation, the class structure and concepts of social interaction.
Assessment
Participation: 10% * Seminar paper (1500 words): 20% * Short essay (1500 words): 20% * Long essay (3000 words): 50% * Examination: 50% * Students whose written work and participation in tutorials are satisfactory will be excused the examination
Prescribed texts
Abrams M H The Norton anthology of English literature 6th edn, vol. 2, Norton
Barrett Browning E Aurora Leigh OUP
Bronte C Jane Eyre OUP
Dickens C Our mutual friend Penguin
Eliot G Middlemarch OUP
Hardy T Jude the Obscure OUP