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Nineteenth Century Literature - LIT801

The nineteenth century was a period of rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and imperial expansion that redefined concepts of gender, class, the nature of work and the domestic. Writers responded with energy and passion to social and political change, creating in the process increasingly diverse literary forms. The kinds of literary writing that emerged radically redefined the cultural and public sphere. This was also the age of emerging mass readerships and literary celebrities. Taking a selection of literary texts as a starting point, this unit explores nineteenth-century literary culture as dynamic, diverse and self-consciously modern.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

S1 Evening - Session 1, North Ryde, Evening

Staff Contact(s): Dr Lee O'Brien
Prerequisites:

Admission to MA in (English Literature or Children's Literature or Creative Writing) or PGDipResPrep(Arts)  Prerequisite Information

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Unit Designation(s):

Arts

Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of English

Faculty of Arts

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