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Spaces are still available in ENGL2720A (Spring 2023) Fin-de-siecle Literature
Instructor: Natasha Rebry (T/R 1:30 - 2:45 p.m., CRN: 11525)
See below for course description, and contact natasha.rebry@uleth.ca for information. This new course explores the literature of the British fin-de-siècle and the salacious topics which defined it. The final decades of the 19th century were a time of intense cultural transition, characterized by concerns about the decline of religion, the stability of the Empire, the effects of an expanding metropolis, the possibility of degeneration and extinction, the implications of the New Woman and queerness, and the consequences of rapid scientific and technological innovations. We will study how these concerns are strikingly played out in the pages of late-19th-century British fiction and the literary innovations that followed, including the decadence and aestheticism movements, the Gothic revival, and the rise of genres like adventure fiction, science fiction, horror, and the detective novel. With the fin-de-siècle in mind, we will also consider how our own cultural moment is saturated with similar debates and anxieties about identity, equity and resources.
Pre-Requisites: One of English 1900 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in English
Contact:
Bev Garnett | bev.garnett@uleth.ca | (403) 380-1894