Women's / Gender Studies

Nineteenth-Century Women Novelists: the Gothic and the Realistic [Spring]

The nineteenth century was the great age of novel writing in English, and some of the best novelists of the period were women. This course begins by examining how women writers made use of the supernatural, the fantastic, and other aspects of the Gothic novel to address the nature of human identities and relationships. It then explores a selection of realistic works reflecting the domestic and social contexts of women’s lives. Texts to be studied may include: Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre; Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights; Margaret Oliphant, ‘The Library Window’; Elizabeth Gaskell, Cousin Phillis; Jane Austen, Mansfield Park; and George Eliot, Middlemarch.

The two-day study trip in Yorkshire includes extended walks on the moors and a visit to Haworth Parsonage, the home of the Brontë family.

Subject areas: English and Women's Studies
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