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Αγγλική Πεζογραφία Α' Εξαμήνου / English Fiction, 1st Semester--Despotopoulou, Anna
(63ΛΥ01) - Anna Despotopoulou
Περιγραφή Μαθήματος
2026-27 Section: A-Καρ (A-Kar)
Wednesday, 12:15-15:00 (amphitheatre 445)
Classes start on Wednesday 30 September 2026!
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With an emphasis on close reading, this course aims at introducing students to the various styles and themes of English fiction through the ages. We will study important texts of the 18th, 19th and 20th century, paying close attention to narrative style, historical and social context, character development, theme, and style. Starting with adventure heroes and heroines of the 18th century and ending with romantic yet brooding adolescents of the early 20th century, this course will explore diverse forms of fictional representation, while helping students develop critical skills by which to appreciate the wealth of English fiction.
Required Reading:
Daniel Defoe, excerpt from Roxana
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part 1 (all chapters) and Part 4 (chapters 1 and 2)
George Eliot, Silas Marner
James Joyce, "Araby"
D. H. Lawrence, "Odour of Chrysanthemums"
Katherine Mansfield, "The Garden Party"
Check out the syllabus in the course unit 'Week 1: Introduction' below.
Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας
Τετάρτη 1 Απριλίου 2009
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Instructor
Anna Despotopoulou (adespoto@enl.uoa.gr) is Professor in English Literature and Culture and has been teaching in the Department of English Language and Literature since 2002. She holds degrees in English Studies from the University of Athens (BA), the University of Oxford (M.Phil.), and the University of Reading (Ph.D.). Her research interests lie in Victorian, Modernist, and contemporary fiction, Henry James, and feminist theory. She teaches 19th and 20th century English fiction. She is the author of Women and the Railway, 1850-1915 (Edinburgh University Press, 2015). She has co-edited the volumes Hotel Modernisms (Routledge, 2023), Victorians and Modern Greece: Literary and Cultural Encounters (Routledge 2025), Reconstructing Pain and Joy: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Perspectives (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008), Henry James and The Supernatural (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Transforming Henry James (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013), Ruins in the Literary and Cultural Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan 2019), and the third issue of the e-journal Synthesis on Realism. She has published many articles on Henry James, Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad, Christina Rossetti, George Eliot, and Rhoda Broughton, among others, in internationally published books and journals. She was the principal investigator of the research project "Hotels and the Modern Subject, 1890-1940" funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation (2020-2023).