Apr 24, 2024  
2018-2019 Catalogue 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalogue Home
  The College of Wooster
  The Academic Program
  Areas of Study
  Course Descriptions
  Special Programs and Educational Opportunities
  Student Resources
  Degree Requirements
  Academic Policies
  Admissions, Expenses, and Financial Aid
  The Directories
  Academic Calendar
  Travel Directions
  Campus Map
  Four Year Calendar
HELP
2018-2019 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 21004 - Empire Boys (pre 1900)

Course Credit: 1
(CMLT, WGSS)
Empire Boys This course interrogates gender models in 19th century literature and popular culture, with specific though not exclusive focus on masculinity. British models of manliness proliferated over the course of the 19th century as a result of industrialization, the growth of the mass media, and the rise of Empire; new models included muscular Christianity, the Sahib, the dandy, and the flaneur. Asking whether imperial models of masculinity continue to inflect gender roles today, we will explore a range of genres, including adventure and sensation novels, poetry and drama, popular culture, and literary and gender theory. [Before 1900]. [AH]