HENK0390JU English - Free topic 10: The Rise of the Novel
The course will examine the genesis, fundamentals and development of the novel. But, we will do things a little differently from standard accounts of ‘the rise of the novel’. Instead of focusing only on eighteenth-century developments, we will look at the beginning of a number of genres which we today recognise as central to the success of novelistic fiction. This includes the realistic novel, the Gothic, the detective story, and science fiction. We will also familiarise ourselves with some important theoretical discussions of the novel, as well as the most significant characteristics of the genres in question. In this course, you will have the opportunity to study canonical novels in relation to their literary and historical contexts, with an emphasis on how literary fiction either uphold or subvert dominant cultural values.
The literary texts we will read are Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, Jane Austen’s Emma, H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 28
- Preparation
- 176,75
- Total
- 204,75
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HENK0390JU
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- See link to schedule
- Study board
- Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
- Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Course responsibles
- Robert William Rix (5-756d756c7b436b7870316e7831676e)