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Victorian Literature: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

Prof. Aruni Mahapatra Prof. Smita Jha · IIT Roorkee

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Lectures

week-01

  1. Lecture 01 - Introduction to Victorian Literature: A Historical Overview Video
  2. Lecture 02 - Introduction to Victorian Literature: John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle Video
  3. Lecture 03 - Theoretical Approaches to Victorian Literature: Edward Said’s Orientalism Video
  4. Lecture 04 - Edward Said’s Orientalism: Why Victorian Literature Matters Today Video
  5. Lecture 05 - Understanding The History of Imperialism and Contrapuntal Reading Video

week-02

  1. Lecture 06- Beginnings: Jane Eyre Video
  2. Lecture 07- The Angel in the House Video
  3. Lecture 08- Vocation, Gender, and Labor Video
  4. Lecture 09- Companionate Marriage Video
  5. Lecture 10- Circulating Objects in the Victorian Novel Video

week-03

  1. Lecture 11- Beginning Victorian Poetry: In Memoriam (1850) Video
  2. Lecture 12- The Victorian Epic Video
  3. Lecture 13- Geology, Ruins, and Mourning Video
  4. Lecture 14- Between Men: On Victorian Friendship Video
  5. Lecture 15- Form, Content, and the Victorian Aesthetic Video

week-04

  1. Lecture 16- Victorian Industry: Hard Times Video
  2. Lecture 17- Hard Times: Background (Author and Context) Video
  3. Lecture 18- The Dickensian Worldview Video
  4. Lecture 19- Utilitarianism and its Discontents Video
  5. Lecture 20- Class in Victorian England Video
  6. Lecture 21- Labor, Gender, and Economy Video

week-05

  1. Lecture 22 - Contrapuntal Reading, Manifest Orientalism: The Case of Thomas Macaulay’s “Minutes” Video
  2. Lecture 23 - Thomas Macaulay’s “Minutes” Video
  3. Lecture 24 - Implications of Macaulay’s Minutes: The Case of Toru Dutt Video
  4. Lecture 25 - “Baugmaree”: The Unique Subjectivity of Toru Dutt Video
  5. Lecture 26 - “Baugmaree”: The Canonization of Toru Dutt in Victorian Literature Video

week-06

  1. Lecture 27- The Other Victorians: Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands (1857) Video
  2. Lecture 28- Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands: Background (Author and Context) Video
  3. Lecture 29- Race, Gender, and Victorian Identity Video
  4. Lecture 30- Nursing and Care in Victorian Wars Video
  5. Lecture 31- Victorianism and its English Borders Video
  6. Lecture 32- Infrastructures of Care in Victorian Time Video

week-07

  1. Lecture 33 - Aurora Leigh: Cultural, Social, and Economic Background Video
  2. Lecture 34 - Aurora Leigh: Historical Context of Victorian England of the 1840s and the early 1850s Video
  3. Lecture 35 - Aurora Leigh: Author’s Immediate Contexts Video
  4. Lecture 36 - Aurora Leigh: Reading the Text Video
  5. Lecture 37 - Aurora Leigh: Education Video

week-08

  1. Lecture 38 - “Goblin Market”: Background (Author and Context) Video
  2. Lecture 39 - “Goblin Market”: Religion Video
  3. Lecture 40 - “Goblin Market”: Intertextual Connections Video
  4. Lecture 41 - “Goblin Market”: Allegory Video
  5. Lecture 42 - Major events in the 1890s Video

week-09

  1. Lecture 43- The Sense of an Ending: Far From the Madding Crowd Video
  2. Lecture 44- Far From the Madding Crowd: Background (Author and Context) Video
  3. Lecture 45- The Fin de Siecle Video
  4. Lecture 46- The Country and The City Video
  5. Lecture 47- Labor and Land Video
  6. Lecture 48- Nature and Industry Video

week-10

  1. Lecture 49- Decadence: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) Video
  2. Lecture 50- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Background (Author and Context) Video
  3. Lecture 51- The Self and the City Video
  4. Lecture 52- Crime and the Urban Video
  5. Lecture 53- The Victorian Senses Video
  6. Lecture 54- The Novel and Entertainment Video

week-11

  1. Lecture 55 - Popular periodical press in the Victorian era Video
  2. Lecture 56 - The Picture of Dorian Gray: Background (Author and Context) Video
  3. Lecture 57 - The Picture of Dorian Gray: “Yellow Book” and its implications Video
  4. Lecture 58 - The Picture of Dorian Gray: Evolution of the Novel Video
  5. Lecture 59 - Dracula: Background (Author and Context) Video

week-12

  1. Lecture 60 - Dracula: England and its European Others Video
  2. Lecture 61 - Dracula: The Anxiety of Reverse Colonization Video
  3. Lecture 62 - The Mill on the Floss: Background (Author and Context) Video
  4. Lecture 63 - The Mill on the Floss: Religion, Science, and Extraction Video
  5. Lecture 64 - The Mill on the Floss: Nature, Extraction, and Economy Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Aruni Mahapatra Prof. Smita Jha
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
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