Lektürekurs Victorian Novelists Dickens Eliot Hardy Haggard

The course is directed towards several purposes. To begin with, it shall serve as an introduction to the writings (and the respective styles) of three prominent novelists – Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy – and of H. Rider Haggard, the best-selling writer of imperial romances. Taken together, the works of fiction chosen – Great Expectations (1860-61), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891) and King Solomon's Mines (1885) – will at the same time present a panorama of English society in the nineteenth century, and of imperial expansion abroad. Admittedly, the novels selected are typically Victorian examples, too, regarding their great bulk. Participants are expected to read weekly instalments of some 100 pages. The discussion in each week's session will be based on those passages read at home during the week, and shall then proceed to some more general 'aspects of the novel'. Texts: any reliable edition will do, e.g. Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 1860-61. Ed. Margaret Cardwell and Kate Flint. Oxford: OUP (World's Classics), 1994. George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss. 1860. Ed. A. S. Byatt. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979. Haggard, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines. 1885. Ed. Dennis Butts (World's Classics). Oxford: OUP, 1989. Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles. 1891. Ed. Juliet Grindle and Simon Gatrell. Oxford: OUP (World's Classics), 1988. Prüfungsform: Übungsaufgaben/Essay (3.000-6.000 Zeichen) Nowak, Helge , Prof.Dr. Prüfungsanmeldung 16. bis 27. Januar 2017 (über LSF) LMU München WiSe 1617 Dozent