GENT 12/412: The Age of Progress (1815-1870)
The course is an examination of the Industrial Revolution and some of its most important consequences, positive and negative. It also looks at the second generation of Romanticism in music, art and literature, in part as a response to industrialization, and the way the disillusionments of Romanticism led into the age of Realism in the arts.
Tuesday January 27, 2006
8:45-9:40 Romanticism: Landscape Painting. Gamble Romanticism in Landscape Painting
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 The Industrial Revolution, Najm
Thursday January 29, 2026
8:45-9:40 New England Transcendentalists, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Victorian Poetry, Alan Victorian Poetry Victorian Poetry
Tuesday February 3, 2026
8:45-9:40 The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Gamble
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Emancipation, Najm
Thursday February 5, 2026
8:45-9:40 Marx and Engels, Stephanie, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Poetry of Walt Whitman, Alan
Tuesday February 10, 2026
8:45-9:40 Realism in France, Gamble
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 The Congress of Vienna and a New European Order, Najm
Thursday February 12, 2026
8:45-9:40 Proudhon and Stirner, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Alan
Tuesday February 17, 2026
8:45-9:40 Kierkegaard, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 The Revolutions of 1848 and the birth of Germany and Italy, Najm
Thursday February 19, 2026
8:45-9:40 Dialogue: Topic TBD, Gentrain Team
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Test; end of Gentrain 12/412. Exam for students taking the course for a grade is available in Canvas.
