Detailed Information
This module introduces students to literature from the 1830s to the first decades of the twentieth century. This period of dramatic change, as Britain moved from a predominantly rural economy to become an urbanised, industrialised nation will be discussed with reference to key issues such as transforming attitudes about gender and sexuality; changing class and community relations; debates about democracy and the role of Empire; and the growth of new sciences and technologies. We will consider how such writers as Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, and Virginia Woolf addressed and reflected such issues in their work, across various genres including the novel, drama, the short story, the poem and the essay. We will also consider how the literature of this period relates to the Romanticism that preceded it and we will consider the forces of Modernism that transformed Victorian and Edwardian aesthetics.
Semester 2
Lectures: Tuesdays 11:00 - 12:00 beginning 22 January, 2019
Tutorials: To be selected
If you are taking this module for credit, please take note of the dates below:
Term dates for revision: Saturday, 27 April - Sunday, 5 May
Term dates for exams: Tuesday, 7 May – Saturday, 18 May
Open Learning Fee (audit only) €350 per module
Open Learning Fee (with assessment) €500 per 5 credit module
Upgrading from audit to credit: You may upgrade from being an audit student to a credit student up to three weeks into term. Please note, however, that you can't change back to being an audit student - if you decide not to complete the assignments and/or sit the exams, this will appear on your academic record.
Concessions
There are no concessions available for Open Learning modules.
Refunds
Refunds may in some instances be available for extenuating circumstances, such as serious illness, within two weeks of the start of the module. Requests for refunds must be submitted in writing, with supporting documents where appropriate.
Prof Nicholas Daly