ENGL 3470

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ENGL 3470
The Victorian Novel

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Jane Eyre and zombies, A Christmas Carol in 3D, PBS miniseries: why is nineteenth-century fiction so un-dead? The plot of the Victorian novel—sexual betrayal, pathological greed, the sadistic damage wrought on helpless children— reflects wrenching social, scientific, and technological transformations whose global sweep rivals that of our own era’s conflicts. Intertwining domestic and imperial spaces, realistic fiction embodied the most innovative attempt to grasp and contain such seismic shifts in an entertaining idiom for a rising mass readership. These works refract the cultural debates of the age and suggest sources of redemption. We can take pleasure in them even as we critically analyze how the Victorians live now. Likely authors include: Dickens, Brontë, Eliot, Collins, Hardy, and Stoker.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS)

Exploratory Studies (EUAREA)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024SP, 2016SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6306 ENGL 3470   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Cohn, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person