AJL24262 Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:40 G23
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/20, only registered: 0/20
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Course objectives
This semester’s course will provide coverage of a series of fictional works produced in the later Victorian and Edwardian periods. Authors whose work is considered will include Walter Pater, Bram Stoker,Thomas Hardy, Henry James, George Gissing, H.G.Wells, Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, Dorothy Richardson, Ford Madox Ford and E.M. Forster.
Learning outcomes
Students who have taken the course will have gained a more detailed understanding of social and cultural developments in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras and an ability to analyse and discuss the issues and approaches of fiction developed in these periods.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Sept. 13th : ORIENTATION WEEK: NO LESSON Week 2: Sept 20th: Introductory Week 3: Sept. 27th: Walter Pater: Marius the Epicurean Week 4: Oct 4th: George Gissing: The Odd Women Week 5: Oct 11th:Bram Stoker: Dracula Week 6: Oct 18th:Thomas Hardy: Jude the Obscure Week 7: Oct 25th:H.G. Wells: Kipps; George and Weedon Grosssmith;The Diary of a Nobody; Week 8: Nov 1st: John Galsworthy: The Man of Property; Jerome K Jerome: Three Men in a Boat Week 9: Nov 8th: Arnold Bennett: Anna of the Five Towns Week 10: Nov 15th: READING WEEK: NO CLASS Week 11: Nov 22nd: Henry James: The Wings of the Dove Week 12: Nov 29th: E.M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread; A Room With A View Week 13: Dec 6th: Dorothy Richardson: Pointed Roofs; The Tunnel Week 14: Dec 13th: Ford Madox Ford: The Good Soldier
Literature
  • Richardson, Dorothy Pointed Roofs Gutenberg
  • Gissing, George The Odd Women Oxford Oxford University Press
  • Galsworthy, John The Forsythe Saga London Wordsworth Edition
  • Richardson, Dorothy The Tunnel Gutenberg
  • JAMES, Henry. The wings of the dove. Edited by Millicent Bell. London: Penguin Books, 2008, liii, 554. ISBN 9780141441283. info
  • STOKER, Bram. Dracula. Edited by Diane Mowat. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, 56 s. ISBN 0194228614. info
  • HARDY, Thomas. Jude the obscure. London: Penguin Books, 1994, 489 s. ISBN 0-14-062060-5. info
  • FORSTER, E. M. A room with a view. Edited by Oliver Stallybrass. London: Penguin Books, 1978, 256 s. ISBN 0140010599. info
  • WELLS, H. G. Kipps. London: Collins, 1966, 320 s. info
  • FORSTER, E. M. Where angels fear to tread. London: Penguin Books, 1959, 159 s. info
  • BENNETT, Arnold. Anna of the Five Towns. 2. vyd. London: Penguin Books, 1936, 256 s. info
  • PATER, Walter. Marius the Epicurean : his sensations and ideas. Vol. 1. Library ed. London: Macmillan, 1910, 242 s. info
  • PATER, Walter. Marius the Epicurean : his sensations and ideas. Vol. 2. Library ed. London: Macmillan, 1910, 223 s. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught through a combination of míní-lectures and small and whole group discussion.
Assessment methods
The course will be assessed through a combination of attendance and oral contribution (40%) and an essay of 8-10 pages, double-spaced, type size 12 (60%). Essays should be submitted to my e-mail address in the IS (33697@muni.cz) and nowhere else. If you have not received a grade within three days please let me know.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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