Weekly outline
Week 1
- Introduction to the course
- Brief summary of the social, historical and literary developments of the period
Charlotte Brontë
- Introduction to the works of Charlotte Brontë.
- Definition and aspects of the bildungsroman.
- Introduction to Brontë's Jane Eyre.
Mary Shelley
Analysis of Frankenstein as a gothic novel:
- A close look at the different narrators of the novel
- The novel as an example of Gothic literature
Frankenstein
Analysis of Frankenstein continued:
- Themes of the novel
- Social issues that are questioned in the novel