Erste Sitzung: 26. April 2016
Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities and Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Final Problem” – in all of these canonical texts of nineteenth-century British fiction, Europe signifies danger, chaos, and temptation. In this seminar, we will discuss how the presences, and indeed absences, of Europe serve to explore and make sense of the many changes British society underwent – or was afraid of undergoing – in the nineteenth century.
Students who want to attend this seminar must register in advance. Please check the departmental homepage and the department's notice boards for more information on the registration procedures.
You must have finished reading Jane Austen’s Persuasion by the first meeting.
Texts:
Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Ed. James Kinsley. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-19953555-2.
Brontё, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Ed. Margaret Smith. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-19953559-0.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Ed. Andrew Sanders. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-19953623-8
PDF-copies of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Final Problem” will be made available at the beginning of the term. |
