The object of this course is to study varieties of Romanticism and their historical, political, philosophical, social, cultural, and literary backgrounds, introducing students to major works that are representative of the Romantic tradition in Western literature.
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Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Gillian Alban
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Wednesday 13-16
Office Hour(s)
Monday 12-13
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lectures, discussion, group work
Principle Sources
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Percy Shelley, “Masque to Anarchy,” “England 1819”
Anna Barbauld’s “The Rights of Women”
Johann Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther
Charlotte Smith’s “To Night”
William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience
Mary Robinson, “January, 1795"
William Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Sandman”
Lord Byron’s Manfred
Percy Shelley’s “Ode to West Wind,” “Ozymandias;” John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Keats’ “Lamia,” “Ode to a Nightingale”
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” “Ligeia,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” & “The Purloined Letter”
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Lectures, discussion, group work
2. Week
The Romantic period, history, politics; Revolution; Percy Shelley, “Masque to Anarchy,” “England 1819;” Anna Barbauld’s “The Rights of Women;” poetic devices including rhyme and personification
Lectures, discussion, group work
3. Week
The Romantic period, social, literary zeitgeist; individual, alienation; Idealism; Johann Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther, Charlotte Smith’s “To Night”
Lectures, discussion, group work
4. Week
William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience (Introductions, Lamb/ Tyger, Little Black Boy, Sick Rose, Chimney Sweeper, Holy Thursday, Infant Sorrow, Poison Tree); Mary Robinson, “January, 1795; poetic figures
Lectures, discussion, group work
5. Week
William Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads, “Tintern Abbey,” Lucy poems, “I wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
Lectures, discussion, group work
6. Week
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Lectures, discussion, group work
7. Week
Ther Gothic: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818)
Lectures, discussion, group work
8. Week
Midterms
9. Week
The Gothic; Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818)
Lectures, discussion, group work
10. Week
E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Sandman” (1816)
Lectures, discussion, group work
11. Week
Lord Byron’s Manfred, Dramatic Poem; “Darkness”
Lectures, discussion, group work
12. Week
Percy Shelley’s “Ode to West Wind,” “Ozymandias;” John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Lectures, discussion, group work
13. Week
Keats’ “Lamia,” “Ode to a Nightingale”
Lectures, discussion, group work
14. Week
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” “Ligeia,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” & “The Purloined Letter”
Lectures, discussion, group work
15. Week
Final Exams Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Quizzes
2
40
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Show knowledge of a substantial range of authors, movements and texts from different periods of literary history.
PO-2
Identify the intellectual, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature
is written and read.
PO-3
Employ the necessary skills in the reading, analysis and in appreciation of literature.
PO-4
Recognize, interpret, and comment on rhetorical and figurative language.
PO-5
Identify, distinguish between and assess the distinctive characteristics of texts written in the principle literary genres.
PO-6
Recall and define key terms and concepts relating to language, literature and/or culture.
PO-7
Recognize the role of different social and cultural contexts in affecting meaning.
PO-8
Demonstrate responsiveness to the central role of language in the creation of meaning.
PO-9
Recognize different structures and discourse functions of the English language.
PO-10
Display competence both in written and/or oral expression and in the
communication of ideas in a variety of contexts.
PO-11
Demonstrate critical skills in the close reading, description, interpretation,
and analysis of literary and non-literary texts.
PO-12
Use logical thought, critical reasoning, and rhetorical skills to effectively
construct arguments.
PO-13
Apply guided research skills including the ability to gather, sift, organize and
present information and material.
PO-14
Show competence in planning, preparation and revision of essays,
presentations, and other written and project work.
PO-15
Reflect on ethical and philosophical issues raised in literary, critical, and
cultural texts.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
LO 1. develop an understanding of what Romanticism as a movement is and how it emerged as a reaction to the neo-classical values;
LO-2
LO 2. learn how the Romantic vision shaped the western mind in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries;
LO-3
LO 3. get acquainted with the basic features, themes, aesthetics symbolism and narrative techniques of Romanticism in different national contexts;
LO-4
LO 4. gain an in-depth knowledge of the significant concepts of the Romantic period such as idealism, nationalism, liberty, individualism, identity, self, imagination, nature, emotion, intuition, inward illumination, transcendentalism, the psyche, the sublime, the beautiful, the gothic;
LO-5
LO 5. read materials including critical essays, poems, short stories and novels which illustrate the ‘light’ (optimistic) and ‘dark’ (pessimistic) aspects of Romanticism.
