The Course will enable the students to compare and contrast the prevailing controversy between science and religion in the Victorian era and its representation in literature by appraising diverse forms of writing and styles of expression in 19th century England.
Jane Austen (1775)
Pride and Prejudice
Charles Dickens
Hard Times
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre
Mathew Arnold
The Buried Life
Dover Beach
Philomela
Robert Browning
My Last Duchess
The Last Ride Together
Fra Lippo Lippi
The Laboratory
Suggested Reference Books:
Allen, Walter. The English Novel: A Short Critical History. Penguin, 1991 Buckley, F.H. The Victorian Temper. Harvard UP, 1969.
Cecil, David. Early Victorian Novelists. Constable. 1934.
Chesterton, G. K. The Victorian Age in Literature. William & Norgate, 1913. Dobree, B.The Victorians and After. The Cresset, 1930.
Ford, Boris. Ed. From Dickens to Hardy: The Pelican Guide to English Literature.Vol. 6. Penguin, 1957.
Neill, Diane S. A Short History of the English Novel. Kalyani Publishers, 1971.
E-Resources including links:
https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/charles-dickens-hard-times.html https://daily.jstor.org/sorry-but-jane-eyre-isnt-the-perfect-romance-you...
Reference Journals:
Science Gate
The students will: CO25. Investigate and evaluate literary experiments with genre and literary mode in the 19th century CO26. Examine the developments in Victorian poetry vis-a-vis the socio- cultural contexts CO27. Theorize various novels within the context of Victorian sensibility and conflict CO28. Develop an understanding of the position of female voices/writers’ position in the society and its contemporaneity CO29. Estimate critically the significance of issues like modernity, madness, anxiety and morality in wider contexts in Victoria literature |