This course is an introduction to novelists, poets, dramatists, and prose writers whose work contributed to the diverse range of writing in the Victorian period. Students will study a range of texts in their social, religious, scientific, philosophical and aesthetic contexts, covering issues such as the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, faith and doubt, and the ‘Woman Question’.

CILO-1: Identify a range of styles, genres, and formats characteristic of Victorian literature, and describe how they are affected by the different social and intellectual contexts of the period. CILO-2: Explain the development of the novel and different types of realism in Victorian fiction. CILO-3: Identify types of narrative and lyrical poems in the Victorian period. CILO-4: Identify the different theories of art that governed literary production in the Victorian period. CILO-5: Learn how to describe and evaluate key themes or texts on the course.