12.5 1st year Sue Martin. First semester One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial per week. Students who complete this subject successfully:

• will be familiar with various types of writing produced in the Victorian period in Britain, and with some of the main theoretical approaches to this writing from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;
• will be aware of some of the ways the term 'Victorian' has been used in social practice and cultural production;
• will understand the importance of historical contexts and processes in relation to literary production;
• will have acquired relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work;
• will be able to apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices to the material studied;
• will have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies, both critical and theoretical, on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.

This subject provides an introduction to a range of 'canonical' and popular literary texts across several genres written in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria. Written work of not more than 4,000 words. Abrams M H ed The Norton Anthology of English Literature Vol II Norton Brontë C Jane Eyre Oxford Collins W The Moonstone Oxford Dickens C Hard Times Penguin Gaskell E Cranford Penguin Stevenson R L The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Penguin 12.5 Sue Martin. First semester. One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial each week Students who complete this subject successfully:

• will be familiar with various types of writing produced in the Victorian period in Britain, and with some of the main theoretical approaches to this writing from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;
• will be aware of some of the ways the term "Victorian" has been used in social practice and cultural production;
• will understand the importance of historical contexts and processes in relation to literary production;
• will have acquired relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work;
• will be able to apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices to the material studied; and
• will have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies, both critical and theoretical, on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.

This subject provides an introduction to a range of "canonical" and popular literary texts across several genres written in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria. Written work of not more than 4,000 words. Abrams M H ed The Norton Anthology of English Literature Vol II Norton Bronte C Jane Eyre Oxford Collins W The Moonstone Oxford Dickens C Hard Times Penguin Gaskell E Cranford Penguin Stevenson R L The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Penguin