Literature: Victorian Literature Through the Decades - The 1830s
Course details
Course code
Q00016877Course date
Number of classes
14 sessionsTimetable
Tutor
Greta DepledgeFee range
How you'll learn
Venue
Exeter Community Centre (Exeter)17 St. Davids Hill
Exeter
EX4 3RG
Level of study
Entry Levels 1,2,3: If you have never studied this subject before and you’re not confident in your skills, Entry levels are a good starting point.
Level 1: Covers basic skills and knowledge needed for this subject
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Beginners: A perfect introduction if you have no experience and skills in this subject.
Improvers: The next step if you have basic skills or knowledge but want to progress them further.
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Course overview
Course description
The purpose of this course is to consider literature from the 1830s with a view to forming a greater understanding of ‘Victorian Literature’ by looking at a number of texts published from each decade of Victoria’s long reign starting with the 1830s. Obviously Victoria did not actually become Queen until 1837 but we will look at novels from across the decade. The following works will be studied: Old Man Goriot (Honoré de Balzac, 1835); The Vicar of Wrexhill (Frances Trollope, 1837); The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens, 1837); The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe, 1838). Given the international growth of literature we will be looking at a couple of authors from beyond the United Kingdom in order to get a sense of other influential writers from the period. We will consider the social and political context of the texts to be studied and consider the narrative techniques and styles we see in these diverse texts.
In subsequent courses we will study the decades from the 1840s through to 1901. It is of course not compulsory to study each course and learners may choose to dip in and out for the decades they are most interested in.
The purpose of this course is to consider literature from the 1830s with a view to forming a greater understanding of ‘Victorian Literature’ by looking at a number of texts published from each decade of Victoria’s long reign starting with the 1830s. Obviously Victoria did not actually become Queen until 1837 but we will look at novels from across the decade. The following works will be studied: Old Man Goriot (Honoré de Balzac, 1835); The Vicar of Wrexhill (Frances Trollope, 1837); The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens, 1837); The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe, 1838). Given the international growth of literature we will be looking at a couple of authors from beyond the United Kingdom in order to get a sense of other influential writers from the period. We will consider the social and political context of the texts to be studied and consider the narrative techniques and styles we see in these diverse texts.
In subsequent courses we will study the decades from the 1840s through to 1901. It is of course not compulsory to study each course and learners may choose to dip in and out for the decades they are most interested in.
The purpose of this course is to consider literature from the 1830s with a view to forming a greater understanding of ‘Victorian Literature’ by looking at a number of texts published from each decade of Victoria’s long reign starting with the 1830s. Obviously Victoria did not actually become Queen until 1837 but we will look at novels from across the decade. The following works will be studied: Old Man Goriot (Honoré de Balzac, 1835); The Vicar of Wrexhill (Frances Trollope, 1837); The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens, 1837); The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe, 1838). Given the international growth of literature we will be looking at a couple of authors from beyond the United Kingdom in order to get a sense of other influential writers from the period. We will consider the social and political context of the texts to be studied and consider the narrative techniques and styles we see in these diverse texts.
In subsequent courses we will study the decades from the 1840s through to 1901. It is of course not compulsory to study each course and learners may choose to dip in and out for the decades they are most interested in.
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