Special Course of English Literature (19th century)
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Course code
GRA6066.HT
old course code
GRA6066
Course title in Estonian
Erikursus inglise kirjandusest (19.sajand)
Course title in English
Special Course of English Literature (19th century)
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Deeper knowledge of the 19th c. English literature. Development of analytical skills.
Brief description of the course
The spirit of the Victorian era. Political and social peculiaities. The power of ideology. Controversies and new winds. The development of the English novel. Dickens, Thackeray. The Bronte phenomenon. Between realism and romanticism: a woman’s view. Jane Austen. Christina Rosetti. The Victorian poetry: Browning, Tennyson, Morris. Literature on a new level: interdisciplinarity. Pre-Raphaelites. Fin-de-siecle issues. Decadence and the 1890s. Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater.
The course consists of lectures and seminars.
Independent work: compulsory reading (theoretical and literary texts), preparation for seminars.
Study methods: lecture, seminar, discussion, pair and group work.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Ability to grasp general problems of 19th-c. English literature and culture, connecting them to contemporary cultural issues. Analytical skills. Motivation for further research.



Teacher
dots Julia Tofantšuk
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