Introduction
This unit considers the 19th-century fascination with narratives of scandal, transgression, criminality, and irrationality, referred to as narratives of “sensation”. The unit may cover genres like the gothic, colonial adventure fiction, detective fiction, and the “sensation novel”, and the appearance of these genres in “respectable” realist fiction of the period, as well as extracts from texts like penny dreadfuls and advertisements, and biological, criminological, imperial, moral, or feminist texts. Providing an introduction to the literary and cultural history of the century, and introducing key writers, the unit asks why readers were fascinated by sensation narratives, and what these narratives tell us about the dreams and anxieties of 19th-century society.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Nineteenth-Century Sensation and Spectacle |
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| Unit code | HEN203 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education School of Humanities |
| Discipline | English |
| Coordinator | Dr. Robbie Moore |
| Teaching staff | Dr. Robbie Moore |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Analyse selected nineteenth-century texts demonstrating knowledge of: a) their style and form and cultural and historical contexts b) key theories and practices of literary studies.
- Construct an argument supported by: a) evidence from your chosen texts b) reference to secondary sources.
- Communicate through: a) written essays b) presentations c) class discussions.
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
25 points at introductory level in any discipline in any faculty
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
HEN303 AND HEA257-A
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Five contact hours fortnightly (13 weeks) |
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| Assessment | Task 1: Research Project (50%) Task 2: Tutorial presentation and participation (20%) Task 3: Magazine archive essay (30%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | TBA |
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