Weekly Lectures and Seminars; 4 Group Workshop/Tutorials in weeks 11 and 12

Key Information Set Data:
10% Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity
90% Guided Independent Study

In this module we investigate programmes and practices of aesthetic opposition to 'alienated' forms of capitalist cultural and economic production in Victorian Britain. We will examine theoretical concepts of cultural renewal through art and literature from Ruskin and Pater to Morris and Wilde, and sample different forms of 'alternative' aesthetic practice connected with these theories: the paintings and poetry of the Pre-Raphaelites, the works of William Morris's Arts and Crafts Movement, the fiction writings of Morris and Wilde, Beardsley's illustrations of Wilde's texts.

Coursework Essay
- ESSAY length 3000 WORDS plus CRITICAL REVIEW length 1000 words - weighted at 80%
[Learning Outcomes 1-3 Critical Review [5]

Group Presentation
- weighted at 20%
[Learning Outcome 4]

Key Information Set Data:
80% Coursework
20% Practical Exam

John Ruskin The Stones of Venice, London (Pallas Athene) 1991.
Walter Pater The Renaissance, Oxford (Oxford University Press World's Classics) 1998.
The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2002.
William Morris News from Nowhere and Other Writings, London (Penguin) 1998.
Oscar Wilde The Soul of Man under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, London (Penguin) 2001.
Oscar Wilde Complete Shorter Fiction, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 1979.

The Pre-Raphaelites, London (Tate Gallery/Penguin) 1984
Tim Barringer The Pre-Raphaelites, London (Everyman) 1998
The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde (Cambridge University Press) 1997

Networked PC
DVD/Video Projection
Library
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.