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Subject: English (Grad) (GENG)
CRN: 46433
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Requirements Met:
Global Literature
In the twenty-first century, celebrities are a ubiquitous feature of everyday life—in part due to the rise of new media, which allow for the viral transmission and recirculation of news across culture. The postmodern idea of the literary celebrity got its start during the nineteenth century with the development of new communication technologies: film, photography, illustrated advertising, and mass-market newspapers. In this course, we will explore case studies from the nineteenth century—Letitia Landon, Frederick Douglass, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, and Oscar Wilde—in order to consider how their engagement with popular media anticipated celebrity culture in the present moment. We will also examine the fan groups and literary tourism industries that sprang up in response to writers’ celebrated book publications. In the process, we will examine novels, biography, autobiography, and recent theory on literary celebrity. The course will meet for two hours per week via Zoom; the remaining hour per week will be dedicated to asynchronous learning activities. After 11/19, students will work independently and in Zoom conference with the instructor on independent research projects. There will be a final online meeting of the class on 12/17 for a mini conference.
3 Credits