ENGL 30473 Wilde Years: Oscar Wilde and the 1890s
Prerequisites: ENGL 10803, ENGL 20803, and at least one 10000- or 20000-level ENGL/WRIT/CRWT course. This course examines the writings of Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries to explore how literature constructs and reflects gender, sexuality, and social debates. Particular attention will be given to diverse sexualities represented by New Woman writers, new theories of sexual inversion developed in the 1890s and Oscar Wilde's trials and imprisonment on the grounds of indecency with another man. Student cannot receive credit for ENGL 55433 and ENGL 30473.