British Literature - 19th Century

Paper Code: 
24CENG311
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
06
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

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.

 

20.00
Unit I: 

Jane Austen (1775)

Pride and Prejudice

20.00
Unit II: 

Charles Dickens

Hard Times

20.00
Unit III: 

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre

15.00
Unit IV: 

Mathew Arnold

The Buried Life

Dover Beach

Philomela

15.00
Unit V: 

Robert Browning

My Last Duchess

The Last Ride Together

Fra Lippo Lippi

The Laboratory

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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:

JSTOR

Science Gate

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
Course Outcomes: 

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
CO30.Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction