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ENGL 395 Revision 2 closed March 12, 2008, replaced by current version.
Delivery mode: Individualized study.
Credits: 6 - Reading Course - Humanities
Prerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s).
Centre: Centre for Language and Literature
ENGL 395 is not available for challenge.
This course introduces the student to some of the major English novels of the nineteenth century. Starting with Pride and Prejudice (1812), it moves chronologically through the century, examining the development of fiction through such representative works as Frankenstein (1818), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), Jane Eyre (1847), Wuthering Heights (1847), Vanity Fair (1847-1848), Bleak House (1853), North and South (1855), Barchester Towers (1857), Middlemarch (1867), The Way of All Flesh (1884, 1904), and Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). This survey covers various types of fiction from the novel of manners, the Gothic romance, and the historical romance, to satiric, comic, and tragic novels.
Note: Since this is a senior course, we expect students to have good reading and writing skills as well as the basic critical tools and knowledge of literary forms and techniques that are acquired in an introductory university English literature course like Athabasca University's English 211 and 212. Students who do not have the recommended credits in an introductory English literature course may experience significant difficulty with the essay assignments and examinations.
To receive credit for ENGL 395, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
| Essay 1 | Essay 2 | Oral Quiz | Biographies | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre.
Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights.
Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh.
Dickens, Charles. Bleak House.
Eliot, George. Middlemarch.
Forster, E. M. Aspects of the Novel.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. North and South.
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Meredith, George. The Egoist.
Scott, Sir Walter. The Heart of Mid-Lothian.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein.
Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair.
Trollope, Anthony. Barchester Towers.
The course materials also include a student manual.