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English
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Course Objectives:
This course is meant to introduce students to some of the canonical texts of Romantic Prose.
Course Content:
This course features a study of essays, literary criticism, political writings and novels.
Teaching Methods:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Simulation, 5: Case Study
Assessment Methods:
A: Testing, B: Class Performance, C: Homework, D: Presentation
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) The familiarization with Romantic prose | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 2) For the students to gain knowledge in the intellectual and cultural background of Romantic literature in comparative contexts and to become equipped with the concepts and terminology used in the analysis of literary texts. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 3) To equip the students with the necessary critical faculties, analytical approach, interdisciplinary vision and analytical, interpretative and inference skills for a successful understanding of Romantic literature and contemporary literary theories | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 4) To analyse different definitions of the “Romantic”. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
| 5) To discuss and contrast different positions in contemporary Romantic Studies. | 1-4, 5-10 | 1,2,3 | B, C, D |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Woodring, Carl, ed. Prose of the Romantic Period Houghton | Materials for the course provided by instructor |
| 2 | Burke, Edmund, Reflections of the Revolution in France Hackett | |
| 3 | Paine, Thomas, The Rights of Man Viking Penguin | |
| 4 | Wollstonecraft, Mary, The Vindications Broadview | |
| 5 | Wordsworth, Dorothy, The Grasmere Journals Oxford | |
| 6 | Byron, Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals Belknap/Harvard | |
| 7 | Sir Walter Scott (1814) Waverley | |
| 8 | Waverley | |
| 9 | James Hogg (1824) The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner | |
| 10 | Thomas de Quincey (1821) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater | |
| 11 | Gothic novel-genre development | |
| 12 | Jane Austen (1817) Northanger Abbey | |
| 13 | Shelley (1818) Frankenstein | |
| 14 | Shelley (1818) Frankenstein | |
| 15 | Conclusion | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Norton Anthology of English Literature |
| Additional Resources |
Anderson, Linda. Autobiography (New York & London: Routlege, 2001) Broadie, Alexander (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment (Cambridge UP, 2003) Burwick, Frederick. Thomas de Quincey: Knowledge and Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001) Chandler, James. The Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature (Cambridge UP, 2008) Clery, E. J. Women’s Gothic: from Clara Reeve to Mary Shelley. (Tavistock, 2004) Copeland, Edward and Juliet McMaster (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen (Cambridge UP, 1997) Crawford, Robert (ed.). The Scottish Invention of English Literature (Cambridge UP, 1998) Daiches, David. The Scottish Enlightenment (Edinburgh and Aberdeen: The Saltire Society, 1986) De Bolla, Peter, Nigel Leask, David Simpson. Land, Nation, Culture: 1740-1840 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) De Groot, Jerome. The Historical Novel (London, New York: Routledge, 2010) Duncan, Ian. Scott’s Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007) Duncan, Ian and Douglas S. Mack (ed.) The Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg (Edinburgh UP, 2012) Levi, Susan M. The Romantic Art of Confession (New York and Woodbridge: Camden House1998) Lukács Georg. The Historical Novel (London: Merlin Press, 1962) McCalman, Ian. An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age: British Culture 1776-1832 (Oxford UP, 1999) Moretti, Franco. Atlas of the European Novel, 1800-1900 (London and New York: Verso, 1998) Moretti, Franco. Signs Taken for Wonders (London and New York, 1983) Olney, James. Memory and Narrative: the weave of life-writing (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000) Punter, David (ed.) A Companion to the Gothic (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2008) Robertson, Fiona (ed.). Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh UP, 2012) Smith, Joanna M. (ed.) Frankenstein: complete authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives. (Boston: Bedford Books of St Martin’s Press, 1992) Smith, Sidonie, Julia Watson (eds.) Women, Autobiography, Theory: a Reader (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998) Townshend, Dale. The Orders of Gothic: Foucault, Lacan and the subject of Gothic writing, 1764 –1820 (New York: AMS Press, 2007) Wu, Duncan (ed.). A Companion to Romanticism (Oxford: Blackwell, 1998) Mary Poovey, The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Presentation | 1 | 30 |
| Class Performance | 1 | 30 |
| Final Paper | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL PAPER TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | The ability to apply knowledge of English and world literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc. | X | |||||
| 2 | The ability to review, analyse and apply the relevant literature. | X | |||||
| 3 | The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis. | X | |||||
| 4 | The ability to utilise the basic concepts and issues of literary theories in developing life strategies | X | |||||
| 5 | Awareness of professional ethics and responsibility | X | |||||
| 6 | Effective communication skills. | X | |||||
| 7 | A sufficiently broad education to understand the global and social impact of literary movements. | X | |||||
| 8 | An awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the ability to put it into practice. | X | |||||
| 9 | Knowledge of issues in contemporary literature and of the cultural issues of the period. | X | |||||
| 10 | The ability to use sources and modern tools in order to carry out research in cultural studies. | X | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including exam week: 15x Total course hrs) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 17 | 252 |
| Presentation | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Final Paper | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Total Work Load | 375 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 15.0 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 15 | ||