Undergraduate - UnitATS3495 - Victorian to Modern: The 'Turn' in English Literature

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	English
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr. Melinda Harvey

Notes

Previously coded ENH3330

Synopsis

The unit examines some of the major works to emerge during the 100-year period that begins with Queen Victoria's inauguration and ends with the start of World War II. In particular, we will explore what has been dubbed 'the turn' from representational realism to formal experimentation in literature. Reference will be made to social changes and to the trends of thought accompanying these changes wherever this helps to suggest the chief characteristics of Victorian and Modern sensibilities.

Outcomes

On successful completion of the unit students will have:

A genuine familiarity with the key writers and works of this period.
A critical understanding of the aesthetic, philosophical and social issues at stake in the literature of this period.
Solid advanced undergraduate-level competence in the reading and interpretation of literary texts.