Topic in Romantic or Victorian Literature and Culture
Studies a specific topic in Romantic or Victorian literature and culture, applying analytical methods to literary and cultural texts to demonstrate their historical and contemporary relevance.
Summary
Past student reviews · Amanda Shubert
The class is reading-heavy, involving a substantial volume of interesting books that students described as worth the effort.
What you’ll be able to do
Identify and critique a specific topic surrounding a genre, period or style of writing in nineteenth-century British literature.
Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance.
Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis.
Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing
- Sophomore standing
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- Sophomore standing
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
AMANDA SHUBERT is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
NANCY R MARSHALL is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Amanda Shubert
This upper-level English course functions like a book club, requiring students to read three books plus supplementary material over the semester.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.48 GPA, 70.4% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Amanda Shubert
The class is reading-heavy, involving a substantial volume of interesting books that students described as worth the effort.
Past student reviews · Amanda Shubert
Grading allowed students to select their own grade track and then complete a specific list of assignments associated with that choice.
Topics
- 19th-Century British literature
- Romantic or Victorian literature and culture
- Relationships among society, literature, and language
Skills
- Critiquing specific topics in 19th-century British literature
- Applying analytical methods to literary and cultural texts
- Using writing to convey critical analysis
- Analyzing relationships between society, literature, and language
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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