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Departmen of English/Faculty of Philology
Victorian Literature
BA
Compulsory
Second
2+2
6
Monday, Tuesday
Dr. Muhamet Hamiti, Associate Professor
[email protected]
Përshkrimi i lëndës
The course is a survey of English literature
in the Victorian age, from 1830s till the fin de la
siècle, covering major novelists and poets. It
examines major thematic concerns in Victorian
literature, related to issues of gender, class,
industrialization, progress, social reform, and
religion.
A select number of works that mark the period will
be singled out for close reading and analysis in the
classroom.
Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Matthew
Arnold, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Gerard Manley
Hopkins, are the Victorian poets to be dealt with as
part of this course.
The genre of the novel will dominate this
course, with Charles Dickens, William Makepeace
Thackeray, The Brontë sisters, George Eliot, and
Thomas Hardy as the key novelists.
Qëllimet e lëndës:
The students should gain a full picture of
nineteenth century literature by the end of this
course. They will see English poetry transcending
and yet being influenced by Romanticism in the
Victorian Age, and prose fiction emerging as the
dominant genre in the second half of the century.
The students will gain a fairly good understanding
of the literary phenomena evolving at the end of the
19th century, namely the nineties, or the fin de
siecle aestheticism.
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Rezultatet e pritura të nxënies:
The course shall
1) help students expand their understanding of
Victorian literature,
2) enable students to discern literary
phenomena pertaining to the age, as well as
to the English literature body as a whole;
3) help students develop advanced skills in
reading, research, and writing;
4) prepare students for further studies: early
and high modernism.
Kontributi nё ngarkesёn e studentit ( gjё qё duhet tё korrespondoj me rezultatet e tё
nxёnit tё studentit)
Aktiviteti
Ligjërata
Ushtrime teorike/laboratorike
Punë praktike
Kontaktet me
mësimdhënësin/konsultimet
Ushtrime në teren
Kollokfiume,seminare
Detyra të shtëpisë
Koha e studimit vetanak të studentit
(në bibliotekë ose në shtëpi)
Përgaditja përfundimtare për provim
Koha e kaluar në vlerësim
(teste,kuiz,provim final)
Projektet,prezentimet ,etj
Totali
Orë
3
2
Ditë/javë
15
15
Gjithësej
45
30
1
2
2
5
1
4
2
10
15
10
10
60
4
2
5
5
20
10
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Metodologjia e mësimdhënies:
Both lectures and seminar classes. Since the bulk of
the course consists of densely rich poetry and
fiction, students are expected to have done a lot of
essential reading beforehand, so that close reading
and re-reading takes place in the classroom,
wherein an inquisitive mind and a spirit of debate
are encouraged.
Metodat e vlerësimit:
Attendance 10%; engagement/active participation in
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the classroom 10%; mid-term test 40%; end-of-term test
40%.
Students not sitting or failing any of the two tests will sit
a final written exam covering 100% of the course
material.
Literatura
Literatura bazë:
1. REQUIRED READING LIST
Poetry
Alfred Tennyson: “Mariana”; “The Lotos-Eaters”;
“Ulysses”; “Tears, Idle Tears”; “The Eagle”; “Crossing
the Bar”.
Robert Browning: “Porphyria’s Lover”; “My Last
Duchess”; “Home-Thoughts, from Abroad”.
Mathew Arnold: “Rugby Chapel”;”Dover Beach”.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “The Blessed Damozel”; “The
Sonnet”.
Gerard Manley Hopkins: “Spring”, “Pied Beauty”.
Fiction/novels
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol;
David Copperfield; two out of three
William Makepeace Thackeray: Vanity Fair
Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre
Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights
George Eliot: Silas Marner
Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D’Urbervilles and/or Jude
the Obscure
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Drama (comedy)
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Non-fiction (essay)
Matthew Arnold, “The Study of Poetry”.
Literatura shtesë:
1. David Daiches, A Critical History of English Literature,
volumes 3 & 4, Secker & Warburg, London, 1972;
2. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2,
2006;
3. Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren, Understanding
Poetry, Third Edition, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960;
4. The Penguin History of English Literature, volume 6
THE VICTORIANS, edited by David B. Pirie, Penguin
Books, 1994;
4. The New Pelican Guide to English Literature, edited by
Boris Ford, volume 6. FROM DICKENS TO HARDY,
Penguin Books, the new edition,1990s;
6. The Victorian Novel, Edited and with an Introduction by
Harold Bloom, 2004
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7. Harold Bloom, Novelists and novels, Chelsea House
Publishers, Philadelphia, 2005
8. David Lodge, The Art of Fiction, Viking, USA,
1993;
9. The Brontës, Edited and with an Introduction by
Harold Bloom, Bloom’s Literary Criticism, an
Imprint of Infobase Publishing, 2008;
Plani i dizejnuar i mësimit:
Java
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Java e dytë:
Java e tretë:
Java e katërt:
Java e pestë:
Java e gjashtë:
Java e shtatë:
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Java e nëntë:
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Ligjerata që do të zhvillohet
Introduction to the Course: Familiarizing the Students with It
Alfred Tennyson: The Prime Representative of Victorian
Poetry
Robert and Elizabeth Browning: Their Poetry
Mathew Arnold: Poet and Critic
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Gerard M. Hopkins: Their Poetry
Victorian Fiction: General Features
Charles Dickens: The Social Problem Novel
Mid-term test
William Makepeace Thackeray: The Minor Classic Novel
Charlotte Bronte: The Gothic Novel
Java e njëmbëdhjetë:
Java e dymbëdhjetë:
Emily Bronte: Story and Plot
George Eliot: Novel of Ideas
Java e trembëdhjetë:
Java e katërmbëdhjetë:
Java e pesëmbëdhjetë:
Thomas Hardy: The Tragic Novel
Oscar Wilde: Novelist, Dramatist, Essayist
End-of-term test
Politikat akademike dhe rregullat e mirësjelljes:
Regular attendance is key. Two absences tolerated without need for notification or note
(medical, etc.). Students should complete reading essential reading stuff before coming to
class. Failure to do this consistently will amount in effect to absence. Usage of mobile phone/
ringing in the classroom is prohibited.
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