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Key facts
| Type | Weekly Classes |
|---|---|
| Location | Charlbury |
| Address | Friends' Meeting House Market Street Charlbury OX7 3PH |
| Dates | Tue 15 Jan to Tue 26 Mar 2013 Day: Tuesday Time of meeting: 10.15am-12.15pm Number of meetings: 10 |
| Subject area(s) | Literature |
| CATS points | 10 |
| Fees | From £145.00 |
| Application status | Course ended |
| Course code | E12P551LTW |
| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk. |
Overview
Victorian literature is remarkable for its vivid expression of romantic passion and questioning of sexual morality. On this course we shall explore the interaction of passion and principle, desire and ambition, in both classic and lesser-known writing.Description
The Victorians are often seen as very restrained, yet the literature they produced is remarkable for its vivid expression of romantic passion and its questioning of sexual morality. On this course we shall explore the literary treatment of love, aspiration and sexual politics in both classic and lesser-known literature. We shall start with Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth, a mid-century novel in which the treatment of a ‘fallen woman’ contrasts markedly with that in Thomas Hardy’s late-century Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Changes in sexual morality, plus shifting attitudes to female independence, will also be traced in Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret and George Gissing’s The Odd Women, as well as in poems about love and passion by Tennyson, Browning and others (the poems will be available as photocopies). Join us for a fascinating investigation of Victorian studies of passion.Programme details
Week 1: Introduction &'Victorian Poems of Passion'Week 2: Elizabeth Gaskell, Ruth
Week 3: Elizabeth Gaskell, Ruth
Week 4: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret
Week 5: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret
Week 6: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Week 7: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Week 8: George Gissing, The Odd Women
Week 9: George Gissing, The Odd Women
Week 10: Tennyson, ‘Lucretius’ & Review & Discussion
Background Reading:
Penny Boumhela, Thomas Hardy and Women
Kate Flint, Elizabeth Gaskell
David Grylls, The Paradox of Gissing
Walter E Houghton, The Victorian Frame of Mind
Christopher Ricks, Tennyson
Jenny Uglow, Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories
Terence Wright, The Critics Debate: Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Staff
Dr David Grylls
Role: Tutor
Dr David Grylls is a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford and Director of Studies for Literature and Creative Writing in the Department for Continuing...more
Course aims
Course Aim:To familiarise students with some significant works of Victorian literature in which sexual passion is a central theme.
Course Objectives:
(1)To study the treatment of sexual passion and sexual morality in a range of Victorian novels and poems.
(2)To show how our understanding of these texts can be deepened by a combination of critical approaches - literary, textual, and historical.
(3)To equip students with general skills in the analysis of literature, including an appreciation of imagery, allusion and narrative structure.
Assessment methods
Assessment of students’ achievements will be through at least one of the following methods:Students may offer class presentations lasting about ten minutes. The text of the presentation, or the notes on which it is based, will need to be submitted to support assessment.
Students will be expected to write an essay, or produce a portfolio of shorter assignments, amounting to 1000 words. A list of assignment topics will be circulated by the tutor.
Teaching methods
Presentation/exposition by the tutor.Guided class discussion.
Short class presentations from students (approx. 10 minutes).
Small group analysis of particular sections and passages.
Teaching outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:Give an account of the main features of the content and form of the novels and poems studied.
Demonstrate awareness of their relevant contexts, whether literary, historical, biographical or ideological.
Undertake literary analysis by identifying features such as narrative structure, characterisation and patterns of imagery.
Reveal some knowledge of the range of interpretations surrounding the set texts.
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