ENL 3251 VICTORIAN LITERATURE
Dr. C. Snodgrass; 4336 Turlington; 376-8362; snod@english.ufl.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS

Course Description

The Victorian Period (roughly 1832−1901) was one of the most influential periods in Western history. This course will define the world-views, beliefs, doubts, anxieties, assumptions, and paradoxes of that age through a survey of the poetry, fiction, drama, pictures, and critical theory of a few representative artists.  Be aware that this is not the Victorian Novel course — that course is ENL 3122. This course (ENL 3251) is designed to introduce you to many of the other artistic forms — and broad intellectual history —of the Victorian Age, other than novels. 

Goals and Expectations

All knowledge begins with and depends on the ability to read data accurately and logically.  Therefore, throughout this course, but certainly by the end of it, you will be expected to be able to demonstrate that you can

• Read accurately what the work says and how it goes about saying what it says effectively;

• Establish what the premises of the work seem to be, that is, what world-view is implied or assumed; and

• Trace how the common thematic issues or problems Victorians raised differ from writer to writer.

Basis for Final Grades

Course Rules

Syllabus: Reading Schedule

Possible Secondary Readings