![]() ![]() Ěrgue with critical awareness about cultural, social, historical and literary significance of such debates for the nineteenth century and for today.Identify the role of key scientific debates in the works of nineteenth-century writers.Writers studied include George Eliot, Robert Browning, Charles Darwin, John Ruskin, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Areas of interest that will shape our discussions include: evolution and degeneration theories of race, gender, sexuality and class interactions of the mind and body new understandings of illness and disease. We will also consider the use of literary devices in scientific texts and the cross-influences of scientific and literary interests. ![]() This interdisciplinary course will examine how scientific issues were registered and interrogated across a range of literary genres (essays novels short stories poems) from the 1830s-1890s. The impact of new understandings of psychology, geology, biology, physiology, physics on the environment on the body on religious belief and on the sense of selfhood for example is a key feature of writing from this period. ![]() Debates about new sciences were integral to literary culture. The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic developments in all areas of the sciences. ![]() ENG32110 Literature and Science Academic Year 2022/2023 ![]()
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