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Representations of Wealth and Poverty in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Doris Feldmann
- Details
- Hauptseminar
2 cred.h, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Thu 14:15 - 15:45, C 301
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Zugehörigkeit zu den Modulen
• BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A (301) Literature/Culture (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) – HA
• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien (neu): Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature. (Zu-lassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature) – HA (80 %)
• MA English Studies: Core Module Literature – Portfolioprüfung: HA und Thesenpapier (40511) bzw. Teilbereichsmodul Literature – HA (40501) und Thesenpapier (40502); Master Module II Literature – Portfolioprüfung: Hausarbeit und Thesenpapier (83601) bzw. Schwerpunktmodul II Literature – HA (40801) und Thesenpapier (40802)
• MA English Studies: Core Module Culture – Portfolioprüfung: Hausarbeit und Thesenpapier (40311) bzw. Teilbereichsmodul Culture – HA (40301) und Thesenpapier (40302); Master Module II Culture – Portfolioprüfung: Hausarbeit und Thesenpapier (83501) bzw. Schwerpunktmodul II Culture HA (40801) und Thesenpapier (40802)
• MA Literaturstudien – intermedial und interkulturell: Modul 4
- Contents
- John Morley, a (late-)Victorian journalist and politician, characterized nineteenth-century Britain as "a paradise for the well-to-do, a purgatory for the able, and a hell for the poor" (Critical Miscellanies 1878: 169). In this seminar, we will look at ways in which wealth and poverty were perceived and represented in the nineteenth century. We will examine how questions of money and class shaped 'classical' literary texts (e.g. Jane Austen's novel of manners) as well as early forms of popular entertainment (e.g. melodrama). We will also consider what impact urbanization and industrialization had on Victorian literature and culture. On the one hand, the accumulation of wealth during the Industrial Revolution encouraged symbolic celebrations of national strength, and middle-class consumerism became the backbone of a vibrant economy. On the other hand, the slums and the filth of the metropolis, where poverty and great wealth lived side by side, became hotly debated topics, for instance in Henry Mayhew's reports on the London poor. The discourse on industrialism and the new industrial proletariat also gave rise to a new subgenre of the realist novel: the social-problem novel (e.g. Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South).
It is essential that all students read and reflect upon the texts before each class. All participants are expected to enroll for a short oral presentation. A course syllabus, a bibliography and additional material will be made available online at the beginning of the semester.
- Recommended literature
- Texts (Norton Critical Editions or Oxford UP): Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice; Douglas Jerrold, The Rent Day (StudOn); Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (StudOn); Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South.
- Additional information
- Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2014:
- Anglistik, Modul A
- Department: Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Feldmann)
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