ENG 339 DELAYED GRATIFICATION
DELAYED GRATIFICATION An exploration of Victorian fiction via its signature publication method: serialized installments. What are the possibilities, rewards, and distinctive formal attributes associated with narratives that are consumed incrementally over a long period of time? Thinking through this question, students will stage their own serial encounters, taking in episodes of a sensation novel and a TV show over the course of many weeks. The course works to historicize reading as a practice, exploring the material and social contexts within which literature was consumed by 19th-century readers. Likely authors include Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mike White.
Prerequisite
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. For sophomores,
ENG 250 is strongly recommended.
Registration Restrictions
Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Enrollment Limit
Enrollment limited to 18 students.
Attributes
MOIB, MOIE, W