Description
Key Questions
We would like to see the following topics lectured/discussed, but are open to additional insight. However, we are also open to the idea that the presenter may want to look at the novel through a specific form, such as Feminist Theory, Psychoanalytic/Freudian Criticism, or Marxist Theory. Students would like to gain sharper insights into the novel that will help them make more literary and worldly connections. I am willing to limit or increase exposure to a specific focus at the presenter's request.
Discuss themes, such as (but not limited to):
- the importance of maintaining autonomy and not accepting the restrictions that Victoria society placed on women
- the discovery and acceptance of one's own spirituality, regardless of any organized religious philosophy
- the desire for psychological and emotional completion
Discuss themes, such as (but not limited to):
- Class conflict
- Journey
- Equality
Discuss the novel's multiple genre connections, such as (but not limited to):
- Romanticism
- Gothic
- Transcendentalism
- also characteristics of a Bildungsroman novel
As well as symbolism and literary opposition
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