The advent of the 19th century marks the beginning of the modern age. No field of inquiry was exempt from change: politics, society, religion, philosophy, psychology, science, music and the literary and visual arts. In this cluster, students study the ideas that emerged and evolved in various intellectual disciplines during this dynamic century which even now shape the world we inhabit.
Cluster Coordinator: Richard Beyler
Office: CH 441-O
Phone: 503-725-3996
E-mail: beylerr@pdx.edu
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the development of the 19th century through its three phases: 1) Revolution, Romanticism, and Nationalism; 2) Realism, Evolution, Socialism, and More Revolution; and 3) Imperialism, The Bureaucratic State, Individualism, and Decadence.
This SINQ leads to the Nineteenth Century Cluster.
ArH 481U Nineteenth Century Art I
ArH 482U Nineteenth Century Art II
ArH 486U American Art and Architecture: Colonial Period
ArH 487U American Art and Architecture: Jacksonian to 20th Century
ENG 308U Cultural Studies in Literature: The Golden Age of Children's Literature
ENG 308U Cultural Studies in Literature: Nineteenth Century Novel
ENG 343U Romanticism
ENG 344U Victorian Literature
ENG 443U British Women Writers
ENG 445U American Women Writers
ENG 475U Advanced Topics in Victorian Literature
FL 448U Major Figures in Literature: Dostoevsky
FL 448U Major Figures in Literature: Tolstoy
FR 335U 19th Century France
FR 343U Introduction to French Literature: 19th-20th Century
FR 399U Selected Topics: (e.g., French Civilization: Napoleon to WWI)
FR 407U Selected Topics: (e.g., French Civilization: Napoleon to WWI)
FR 410U Selected Topics: (e.g., French Civilization: Napoleon to WWI)
FR 441U French Literature in Translation I (when content appropriate)
GER 410U Selected Topics (when content is appropriate)
GER 441U Major Works in Translation: German Intellectual History
GER 441U Ancient Myth in German Literature
GER 441U Nietzsche
HST 351U History of England II: 18th - 20th Century
HST 387U History of Modern Science
PHL 421U 19th Century Philosophy
RUS 441U Russian Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century
SPAN 423U Major Topics: Peninsular Poetry (taught in Spanish)
TA 471U Theater History: 19th Century (European Theater)
WR 399U Writing About 19th Century Texts
WS 443U British Women Writers
