Course aims:

The study of literary texts in English, taking into consideration the literary traditions of the reference culture
The characteristics of the Victorian Age, its literary and social background
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Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

The Victorian Age (1837-1901). Preliminary considerations Social, historical and literary background of the Victorian Era Charles Dickens (1812-1879). An outline of his life and work Dickens’s novels: Great Expectations (importance and literary value) Emily Brontë (1818-1848). Her life and literary activity. Wuthering Heights (the greatest love story in the English language) Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855). An outline of her life and literary work. Jane Eyre, a novel with a gothic atmosphere, a modern theme Th. Hardy (1840-1928). An outline of his life and literary work. Tess d’Urbervilles. The novels of character and environment, pessimism and fate, narrative technique

Teaching methods:

presentation, exemplification, conversation

Learning outcomes:

explaining the position of the literary works in the peculiar Victorian context

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper-interpretative essay 60%; continuous assessment-40%

Recommended reading:

Garrett, Peter, The Victorian Multiplot Novel, Oxford University Press., Oxford, -, -.
Levive, George, The Realistic Imagination, OUP, -, -, -.
Marinela Lupşa, Victorianism and its Literature,, Editura Aeternitas, Alba Iulia, -, -.
Tucker, Herbert, A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture, Longman, London, -, -.
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