AJ14006 British Literature 1770-1830: Romantics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ14006/A: Fri 15:00–16:35 35, S. Hardy
AJ14006/B: No timetable has been entered into IS. S. Hardy
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
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)
  • 1.(September 26th) Cultural and political contexts; German & French romanticism & idealism 2.(October 3rd)Blake and nonconformism (Songs of Innocence & Experience, French Revolution,Marriage of Heaven & Hell). 3.(October 10th) Politics,ethics,aesthetics(Rousseau,Paine,Burke,Bentham,Godwin, Wollestonecraft 4.(October 17th)Wordsworth(Tintern Abbey,Lucy poems,Preface to Lyrical Ballads,Resolution & Independence,Prelude Book I) 5.(October 24th))Gothic Romance(de Sade,Radcliffe, Shelley, Godwin, Lewis). 6.(October 31st)Coleridge(Rime of Ancient Mariner,Biographia Literaria & Lectures on Shakespeare(extracts), Hazlitt,Lamb, Peacock 7.(November 7th)Burns (Holy Willie's Prayer; For A'That and A'That;Scots Wha hae; Scott & The Historical Novel(Waverley); Hogg 8. (Nov.14th)Byron(Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage Canto 3; The Vision of Judgement; Don Juan Canto 1) 9. (November 21st) Austen (Pride & Prejudice/Persuasion) 10.(November 28th) Shelley(The Mask of Anarchy, England 1819, Ozymandias, A Defence of Poetry (extracts) Peter Bell the Third, Ode to the West Wind, Men of England, To A Skylark 11.(Dec 5th)Keats (Odes(Psyche, Grecian Urn, Nightingale, Autumn, Indolence) 12.(December12th). Postscripts: John Clare; Emily Bronte -Wuthering Heights
Literature
  • 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 (40%) and essay (60%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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