ENGL 327 - Home And Abroad: The Nineteenth-Century British Novel

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU, WR
The nineteenth-century British novel was crucial to the formation of the country’s imperial attitudes, just as the British Empire shaped the novelistic discourse at this time. We will examine the ways in which novels by Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Bronte, Wilkie Collins, and Sherlock Holmes imagined Britain as haunted by its far-off colonies. We will ask: how is the “home” in these novels affected, formed, transformed, even deformed by the looming presence of the colonies abroad? British, 1700-1900.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: N. Tessone
Prerequisites & Notes
For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled Advanced Courses.