After the seminar today and the introduction I feel like I am really excited to continue to learn more about the victorian era. There was a sentence today in the zoom call that stood out to me as interesting and it was along the lines of " everything is centred around the victorian era" and while I look back at the course load ive taken to earn my degree I find that it is very true. Many of the texts that i've read center around the victorian era and many of the similar themes can be seen in more modern texts.

Although I have taken a fair share of Victorian centered courses throughout my English career, not one has piqued my interest quite as much as this course. The English program doesn’t offer much variety in the texts we analyze, so I am always eager to explore different forms of storytelling. I find especially with Victorian-period stories, the content tends to be dry and lengthy, and the action is slow burn and heavily influenced by social context.

 Although I have taken a fair share of Victorian centered courses throughout my English career, not one has piqued my interest quite as much as this course. The English program doesn’t offer much variety in the texts we analyze, so I am always eager to explore different forms of storytelling. I find especially with Victorian-period stories, the content tends to be dry and lengthy, and the action is slow burn and heavily influenced by social context.

Although I have taken a fair share of Victorian centered courses throughout my English career, not one has piqued my interest quite as much as this course. The English program doesn’t offer much variety in the texts we analyze, so I am always eager to explore different forms of storytelling. I find especially with Victorian-period stories, the content tends to be dry and lengthy, and the action is slow burn and heavily influenced by social context.

Looking at the renditions and reimaginations of what London looked like before the great fire, they actually met my expectations. The London space carried the architecture style of the time with the wood frames for homes and the closely packed home settings. Even though the spaces of that time have changed with the rebuilding of homes and especially churches, their changes carry the load of the history in a way as the changes and needs hold relevant to their purpose and surrounding culture.

Back in May when we were given the option for which topic to pick for ENG 910, Illustrated Books stood out for because of its focus on Victorian literature and that period of time. From high school up through university, I have read various pieces from this era so exploring a new aspect of Victorian literature struck me with potential. Since this is a capstone seminar, a lot of work from this course will be collaborative and it was interesting to hear the professor explain how Victorian illustrated books are seen as collaborative projects as well.