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Erste Sitzung: 17. April 2012
Dombey and Son (serialized between October 1846 and April 1848) is one of the almost unknown Dickens masterpieces, at least among students in Germany. In the context of our "Dickens 200" semester, this seminar is a modest effort to change this. We will closely read passages of this panoramic novel of a dysfunctional family, i.e., we will analyze it in order to develop a thorough understanding both of single episodes and of the narrative whole. We will also contextualize Dombey and Son within the 1840s, a decade that was marked for instance by social tensions, caused by a ruthless market 'liberalism', and the railway boom, both of which are addressed in Dombey and Son.
In the third meeting, there will be a test on Dombey and Son. You will pass this test effortlessly if you have read the novel.
Text: You MUST own and, of course, read the following edition (which is inexpensive and readily available):
Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son. Ed. Andrew Sanders. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2002.
ISBN 0-140-43546-8
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