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Academic Year 2002/2003

Economies of Value in Victorian Britain
ENGL 314 FA

What's the relationship between the economic take-off that transformed Britain into an imperial power over the course of the nineteenth century, and the novels which literate Victorians read so avidly? This course will study value as a problem in representation. We will focus on economic forms of value, from money and commodities to the instruments of finance capital, and literary forms of value, from specific tropes like metaphor and metonymy to the moral economies worked up in novels. Why are bankers and financiers so often the villains of Victorian novels, and why, if the love of money is taken to be the source of evil, are the protagonists so often rewarded with wealth? Why the endless fascination with money, money, money?

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Crosby,Christina   

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: FISK305

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 30)

SR. major: 10   Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO:    FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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