Victorian English Literature

Study Victorian English Literature using Online Video

With this title, you'll examine how British writers of the late-Victorian period and early-twentieth century broke new artistic ground. Use our 3 online educational video titles to trace British literary history from the late-Victorian period to the first four decades of the 20th Century. Examine how British writers broke new artistic ground in their study of human relationships and the use of stream of consciousness.

Learning Objectives:

• Survey British literary history from the late-Victorian period to the first four decades of the twentieth century, a period that nurtured the new fields of psychology and anthropology, the aesthetic of "art for art's sake" and literature as a critic of society.
• Examine how British writers broke new artistic ground in their study of human relationships and the use of stream of consciousness.
• Explore the influence of social protests, the tradition of Empire and imperialism, and the Aesthetic and Decadent movements on the literary works of this period.
• Gain insight to social currents that formed the backdrop of this period, including the further growth of mass readership, the increasing power of the working classes, and the expansion of industrial and technological environments.

• Literature > The History Of British Literature > The Late Victorians To World War1 And World War2
• The Late Victorians to World War 1 (Runtime: 23:03)
• World War 1 to World War 2 Part 1 (Runtime: 14:26)
• World War 1 to World War 2 Part 2 (Runtime: 13:59)