Section outline

  • General

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  • 18 February - 24 February

    - Introduction to the course

    - The Victorian Period

    - Social developments

    - Literary developments

    - Realism in literature



  • 25 February - 3 March

    - Wilkie Collins and His Work

    - Detective fiction as a genre

    - Short story: “Volpurno”

       - Gothic elements of the story

       - Characterisation: student, scientist

       - Madness as a theme

       - Similarities with Shelley’s Frankenstein


  • 4 March - 10 March

    - George Gissing and His Work

    - Social issues that are questioned in Gissing’s works

         - Poverty

         -Class distinctions

         - Labour

         - Women’s status in the Victorian society

    - Short story: “A Free Woman”


  • 11 March - 17 March

    - Historical Novels

    - Charles Dickens and His Work

    - Social issues that are questioned in Dickens’ works


  • 18 March - 24 March

    - Charles Dickens' Novel A Tale of Two Cities

                  - Historical background

                  - Themes

                  - Setting

                  - Characterisation

  • 25 March - 31 March

    Charles Dickens' Novel A Tale of Two Cities

                 - Comparisons

                 - Symbols

                 - Analysis of significant chapters

  • 1 April - 7 April

    - Social Problem Novels

    - Industrialism and its impact

    - Elizabeth Gaskell and Her Work

    - Historical background

    - Life in the North of England

  • 8 April - 14 April

    Midterm Week

  • 15 April - 21 April

    Midterm Week

  • 22 April - 28 April

    - Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South

                  - Setting

                  - Characterisation

  • 29 April - 5 May

    - Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South

               - Themes & Subjects

               - Analysis of significant chapters

  • 6 May - 12 May

    - Transition into Modernism

    - George Eliot and Her Work

    - Eliot as a novelist

    - Eliot as a philosopher

  • 13 May - 19 May

    - George Eliot's Novel The Mill on the Floss

             - Setting

             - Characterisation

             - Plot

  • 20 May - 26 May

    - George Eliot's Novel The Mill on the Floss

                - Narrative Structure

                - Themes & Subjects