Victoria's Secrets
Victoria’s Secrets Known as the great age of the realist novel and the epitome of staid decorum, the nineteenth century also had its guilty pleasures--mysteries, ghost stories, science fiction, adventure tales, and more--which exposed a radical underside to the Victorian imagination where norms of gendered, racial, and ethnic identity were called into question. In this course we will read both canonical realist novels and their non-traditional counterparts in an attempt to understand the productive interplay between these two seemingly disparate literary traditions. Authors may include: Austen, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, the Brontës, Wilkie Collins, R.L. Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Bram Stoker, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and others.
Victoria’s Secrets Known as the great age of the realist novel and the epitome of staid decorum, the nineteenth century also had its guilty pleasures--mysteries, ghost stories, science fiction, adventure tales, and more--which exposed a radical underside to the Victorian imagination where norms of gendered, racial, and ethnic identity were called into question. In this course we will read both canonical realist novels and their non-traditional counterparts in an attempt to understand the productive interplay between these two seemingly disparate literary traditions. Authors may include: Austen …Read more
I really enjoyed my experience with Professor Losano! Each week, we read a new Victorian era novella (up to ~100 pages). The books were actually pretty fun to read. Expect things like Alice in Wonderland, Christmas Carol, and Sherlock Holmes. On Mondays, the professor lectures about the book, and on Wednesdays we divide into small groups for discussions. These discussions are very chill, and the professor provides the questions to guide them. Outside work includes very short Canvas posts every week, where you write anything you want about the book, and then reply to two other posts. There are also very quick reading quizzes once a week, and two papers for the whole semester. The papers are each 3-4 pages. Professor Losano is extremely kind, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable about the Victorian era. I would highly recommend her and this class!
I really enjoyed my experience with Professor Losano! Each week, we read a new Victorian era novella (up to ~100 pages). The books were actually pretty fun to read. Expect things like Alice in Wonderland, Christmas Carol, and Sherlock Holmes. On Mondays, the professor lectures about the book, and on Wednesdays we divide into small gr …Read more
I loved Losano's teaching style and knowledge of the era. The readings were definitely intimidating but I have no regrets in taking this course. Losano does specify that she prefers hard copies of the stories, but you can definitely be fine with e-books and PDFs if purchasing physical copies is a barrier for you. The paper we wrote was just a close reading, which she was a little picky about (no intro, no conclusion, no summarizing the text, little things like that). Overall, I would reflect positively on my experience in this class and I recommend it to anyone interested in English.
I loved Losano's teaching style and knowledge of the era. The readings were definitely intimidating but I have no regrets in taking this course. Losano does specify that she prefers hard copies of the stories, but you can definitely be fine with e-books and PDFs if purchasing physical copies is a barrier for you. The paper we wrote w …Read more
The layout of the course is 1 book per week with one lecture and one discussion per week. Antonia is enthusiastic and so kind. Cannot recommend her enough. The reading can be a lot but the actually works are very interested and not super hard to get through.