Autumn 2024
Meeting:
TTh 2:30pm - 4:20pm / MGH 389
SLN:
14977
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructors:
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TOPIC: RELIGION AND SECULARIZATION
IN THE AGE OF DARWIN
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):
This course, an introduction to nineteenth-century literature, addresses the Darwinian revolution and the emergence of modern attitudes about the Bible as integral to the ways that we still conceive of history, society, and the world. Please expect to read a very long novel —George Eliot's masterpiece, Middlemarch (1872) — as well as healthy amounts of poetry and nonfiction prose. The class will be jointly taught by Professor LaPorte and Professor Taylor.
Catalog Description:
Examines literary works from Victorian Britain and its empire (1837-1901), paired with contemporary social, scientific, and historical developments such as industrialization; urbanization; child labor; imperial expansion; scientific ideas of evolution and geologic time; changing ideas of gender/sexuality; mass education and mass literacy; and the popularization of print media.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
October 17, 2024 - 11:24 pm