ENGL 3345 – Victorian Literary Aesthetics (formerly ENGL 4445)

(3 credits – TG) 3 hours lecture

This advanced course addresses the Victorian fascination with aesthetics by surveying various nineteenth-century movements and genres. Focusing on such groups as the Pre-Raphaelites, the Aesthetes, and the Symbolists, this course will examine Victorian (self-) invention, particularly in the realms of dramatic, lyric, and pictorial form, as a means to explore the role of art in society.

Prerequisite: English 2210 or 2211 and one of English 2202, 2203, 2207, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2267 or FILM 3345.

Recommended Preparation: Three 2000-level English courses.