Degree | Type | Year |
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English and Catalan Studies | OB | 3 |
English and Spanish Studies | OB | 3 |
English and French Studies | OB | 3 |
English and Classics Studies | OB | 3 |
You can view this information at the end of this document.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT
"Victorian Literature" offers an introduction to the fiction published in the United Kingdom during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) by reading, analysis, debate and through the critical interpretation of four texts.
This compulsory subject trains students, above all, in reading and interpreting a selection of texts. The training offered is essential to follow all subsequent English Literature subjects.
On completion of "Victorian Literature", students will be able to:
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classroom interaction | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 8, 12, 11, 25, 17, 6, 19, 20, 22, 24, 9, 27, 35, 36, 45, 46 |
Lectures | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 8, 12, 11, 16, 25, 17, 18, 6, 20, 22, 27, 29, 35, 43, 44 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Other assesment activities (classroom participation, exam) | 25 | 1 | 8, 12, 11, 16, 15, 17, 18, 6, 22, 10, 27, 35, 34, 38, 43, 44, 4 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Personal study | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 7, 12, 11, 16, 14, 15, 25, 30, 17, 18, 6, 31, 32, 33, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 9, 10, 27, 28, 29, 35, 21, 34, 36, 38, 37, 42, 40, 39, 43, 13, 44, 45, 46, 26, 41, 4 |
Reading | 35 | 1.4 | 3, 5, 8, 11, 16, 15, 30, 25, 17, 18, 6, 32, 33, 19, 20, 22, 9, 10, 27, 29, 35, 21, 34, 36, 42, 43, 13, 46 |
1 credit ECTS = 25 hours > 6 credits = 150 hours
It is recommended that students have taken the Library courses on MLA citation style and on Zotero, which are part of the assessment in the first-year course Introduction to English Literature.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Class Participation | 10% | 4 | 0.16 | 8, 12, 11, 16, 25, 17, 18, 6, 31, 20, 22, 24, 9, 27, 29, 35, 43, 46 |
Critical essay | 50% | 17 | 0.68 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 7, 12, 11, 16, 14, 15, 30, 17, 18, 6, 31, 32, 33, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 9, 10, 27, 28, 29, 35, 21, 34, 36, 38, 37, 42, 40, 39, 43, 13, 44, 45, 46, 26, 41, 4 |
Exams/Exercises | 40% | 4 | 0.16 | 8, 12, 11, 16, 25, 17, 18, 6, 22, 9, 27, 29, 35, 34, 40, 43, 46 |
ASSESSMENT
All evaluation dates will be confirmed at the beginning of the semester. The assessment for this subject is based on:
Please, note:
SINGLE ASSESSMENT
Single assessment consists of the following activities:
REVIEWING PROCEDURE:
RE-ASSESSMENT (continuous and single assessment):
VERY IMPORTANT
OBLIGATORY READING
Please note: YOU NEED TO OBTAIN THE TEXTS WE WILL BE WORKING ON BEFORE THE COURSE BEGINS.
We recommend that you use the editions below. If you cannot, please ensure that your edition is a reliable one. Reliable publishing houses include: Oxford World Classics, Norton, or Penguin.
UNIT 1: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847) Anne Brontë (Oxford World’s Classics edition)
Other recommendations:
UNIT 2: Great Expectations (1860), Charles Dickens (Oxford World’s Classics edition)
Other recommendations:
UNIT 3: King Solomon’s Mines (1885), Henry Rider Haggard (Oxford World's Classics edition)
Other recommendations:
UNIT 4: Dracula (1898), Bram Stoker (Oxford World’s Classics edition)
Other recommendations:
RECOMMENDED READING (available in the library)
How to analyse, read, and write
Habib, M.A.R. Literary criticism from Plato to the present: an introduction, 2011.
Victorian Literature in context
On the novels in analysis
Webs
There are no specific programmes for this course.
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 3 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 3 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |