Course Catalog - 2010-2011

     

HURC 501 - HRC MELLON RESEARCH SEMINAR

Long Title: DICKENS IN THE 1860s: POLLUTION, VIOLENCE, EMPIRE, AND AUTHORSHIP
Department: Humanities Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This seminar explores Dickens's last decade of life, when he produced works that raised questions about crucial Victorian issues: pollution; imperialism; birth, death, and resurrection; education reforms; capitalism and industrialism; society; values; celebrity authorship; characterizations of women, classes and violence; late style; and others. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.
Course URL: http://www.hrc.rice.edu/mellonseminars.aspx