English 311GRevolution and Romanticism
English 311GAIM:
We will explore together the nature and consequences of the three great revolutions of the later 18th century (Industrial, American, and French) in the literature and arts of Europe, especially Great Britain . In the process, we will consider how political and social change both affects the arts and is in turn affected by them, as judged from a variety of literary and other documents and the ways they were received during their time.
READING LIST:
NOTE: some of these are conventional “print” books, available from the book stores or your own sources. Others (especially the excerpts) will be in the form of handouts or documents poted on Blackboard.
— preliminary documents: The Declaration of Independence; Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen; Resolutions of the London Corresponding Society
— Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
— Schiller, The Robbers
— Wordsworth, An Evening Walk
— Wordsworth and Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads
— Robinson, selections from Lyrical Tales
— Blake, America: A Prophecy and Europe: A Prophecy
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
— Percy Bysshe Shelley, selections from the political poems, plus The Cenci
— Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
— also other brief works (or selections) and a variety of visual materials
Primarily discussion of assigned readings and other materials, with some occasional brief mini-lectures to provide background and context for our classroom discussions. I may ask for some individual or group presentations, and I will encourage you to develop your own ways of contributing effectively to the course in ways that are of greatest interest and value to you.
REQUIREMENTS:
(1) Consistent, engaged attendance.
(2) Advance preparation and in-class discussion of assigned materials.
(3) A major, research-based course project, perhaps in the form of a research portfolio.
(4) Two examinations:midterm and final.
NOTE: Your registration in this course constitutes your acceptance of the course terms and requirements.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, PROBLEMS, ETC.
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