Module Descriptors
PAINTING THE TOWN RED: TURNER, PRE-RAPHAELITES, RUSKIN, MORRIS, WILDE
ENGL50503
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Martin Jesinghausen
Email: M.Jesinghausen@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 80%
- GROUP PRESENTATION weighted at 20%
Module Details
INDICATIVE CONTENT
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 Turner, 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.
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
A Coursework Essay, 2000 words [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3] (80%)
A Group Presentation [Learning Outcomes 4] (20%)
A Group Presentation [Learning Outcomes 4] (20%)
RESOURCES
Library
Word-processing facilities
Word-processing facilities
TEXTS
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.
Elizabeth Helsinger Poetry and the Pre-Raphaelite Arts, New Haven (Yale University Press) 2008
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
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.
Elizabeth Helsinger Poetry and the Pre-Raphaelite Arts, New Haven (Yale University Press) 2008
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
LE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THEMES AND FORMS OF AESTHETIC OPPOSITION IN THE VICTORIAN PERIOD AND SHOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOVEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN VICTORIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE
Knowledge & Understanding
2. READ REPRESENTATIONS OF AESTHETIC OPPOSITION IN THE VICTORIAN PERIOD AS A MANIFESTATION OF LATE MODERN CULTURE IN CRISIS
Learning
3. EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL OF THE PROGRAMMES OF AESTHETIC OPPOSITION TO BRING ABOUT CULTURAL RENEWAL AND ASSESS THE AESTHETIC VALUE OF ALTERNATIVE PRACTICE OF THE PERIOD IN THE PAINTING, WRITING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS STUDIED
Analysis
4. DEMONSTRATE ASSURANCE IN PRESENTING COMPLEX IDEAS IN A SMALL GROUP FORMAT Communication
Knowledge & Understanding
2. READ REPRESENTATIONS OF AESTHETIC OPPOSITION IN THE VICTORIAN PERIOD AS A MANIFESTATION OF LATE MODERN CULTURE IN CRISIS
Learning
3. EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL OF THE PROGRAMMES OF AESTHETIC OPPOSITION TO BRING ABOUT CULTURAL RENEWAL AND ASSESS THE AESTHETIC VALUE OF ALTERNATIVE PRACTICE OF THE PERIOD IN THE PAINTING, WRITING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS STUDIED
Analysis
4. DEMONSTRATE ASSURANCE IN PRESENTING COMPLEX IDEAS IN A SMALL GROUP FORMAT Communication