Seminar: Secret, Scandal, Storytelling: Sensation Novel Then and Now - Details

Seminar: Secret, Scandal, Storytelling: Sensation Novel Then and Now - Details

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Course name Seminar: Secret, Scandal, Storytelling: Sensation Novel Then and Now
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Semester SoSe 2026
Current number of participants 49
Home institute Institut für Anglistik
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Tuesday, 14.04.26, 16:00 - 18:00 o'clock Rathenaustraße 10, 001

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Bigamy, madness, hidden identities, and crimes behind closed doors…Victorian sensation fiction had it all. This seminar explores the rise of sensation fiction and its ongoing influence on popular culture through Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret. Combining discussions with close readings, we examine how scandal, secrecy, and domestic crime reshaped the nineteenth-century novel. Students will learn to identify the key features and contexts of sensation fiction, practice close reading, and analyze how narrative form produces emotional and sensory effects.
Required Text: Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret (any edition)

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Admission with password protection: Secret, Scandal, Storytelling: Sensation Novel Then and Now".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • Password required.