AJ14006 British Literature 1770-1830: Romantics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ14006/A: Thu 15:00–16:35 G32, M. Kaylor
AJ14006/B: Thu 16:40–18:15 G32, M. Kaylor
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && AJ04003 Intro. to Literary Studies II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives (in Czech)
The course will cover aspects of the work of the major poets of the period(Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats), developments in the novel (Scott, Austen and others), and related philsophical and political perspectives such as those of Paine, Burke, Godwin and Wollestonecraft.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 Sept 29th: Introductory Week 2.Oct 6th: Late 18thC sensibility and poetry: Collins:Ode to Evening; Cowper: The Castaway;Goldsmith from The Deserted Village; Gray: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Week 3.Oct.13th Gothic fiction:H. Walpole/A.Radcliffe/W.Beckford(Castle of Otranto/Mysteries of Udolpho/The Italian/ A Sicilian Romance/Vathek)and politics (Burke, Wollestonecraft, Godwin, Paine, Bentham) Week 4.Oct.20th: Blake: Songs of Innocence and Experience; Marriage of Heaven & Hell Week 5.Oct.27th J. Austen: (Sense and Sensibility/Pride & Prejudice) Week 6. Nov.3rd: Wordsworth(Lucy poems;Tintern Abbey: Preface to Lyrical Ballads) Week 7 Nov 10th:Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Scott & The Historical Novel(Waverley). Week 8. Nov. 17th: NO LESSON: PUBLIC HOLIDAY Week 9. Nov 24th: Byron ( Don Juan: Canto 1; Shelley( England 1819; Ozymandias;Defence of poetry (extracts) Week 10: Dec.1st M. Shelley: Frankenstein Week 11:Dec.8th Keats (Odes: Psyche, Grecian Urn, Nightingale, Autumn, Indolence) Week 12: Dec 15th J.Austen :Persuasion( discussion/film) and later novels: Mansfield Park, Emma)
Literature
  • Butler, Marilyn Romantics, Rebels & Reactionaries Oxford Oxford University Press 1981
  • Stabler, Jane Burke to Byron, Barbauld to Baillie 1790-1830 Basingstoke Palgrave 2002
  • Pirie, David (ed.) Penguin History of English Literature Volume 5 : The Romantic Period London Penguin 1994
  • Williams, Anne Art of Darkness: A Poetics of Gothic Chicago Chicago University Press 1995
  • Butler, Marilyn Jane Austen & The War of Ideas Oxford Oxford University Press 1975
  • BAYM, Nina. The Norton anthology of American literature. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989, xxxiv, 285. ISBN 0393957381. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment will be by class contribution (25%), elf contributions (25%)and essay (50%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=752
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