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 23, 2004
8:45-9:40 The Pre-Raphaelites, Gamble Pre-Raphaelites
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Poetry that Shocks: Poe, Baudelaire, Robert Browning, Alan
Thursday January 25, 2024
8:45-9:40 The New England Transcendentalists, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 The Industrial Revolution, Najm
Tuesday January 30, 2024
8:45-9:40 Realism in the United States, Gamble Realism in the United States
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Walt Whitman and Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Alan
Thursday February 1, 2024
8:45-9:40 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Post 1815 Europe, Najm
Tuesday February 6, 2024
8:45-9:40 Realism in France, Gamble Realism in France
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Alan
Thursday February 8, 2024
8:45-9:40 Frederick Douglass, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Najm
Tuesday February 13, 2024
8:45-9:40 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Max Stirner, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 1848, A year of rebellions, revolutions, and watershed events, Najm
Thursday February 15, 2024
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.
