Victorian Literature.

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An introduction to the poetry, fiction, prose, and drama of the Victorian era (1832-1901) that places these works within the complex social, political, economic, and religious changes that occurred during this time period. Students will explore how Victorian writers such as Dickens, the Brontës, Eliot, Tennyson, the Brownings, Rossetti, and Hopkins imaginatively engaged with the complexities of their society as they attempted to make sense of their world and improve it. Students will gain insight into the works of various authors, develop a sense of the overall scope of the period and where it fits within literary history, and reflect on what we can learn from the Victorians today.