| Peter W. Graham |
| Clifford A. Cutchins III Professor of English |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0112 |
| office: | 401 Shanks Hall |
| phone: | 540-231-6715 |
| fax: | 540-231-5692 |
| email: | [email protected] |
| Romantic Literature | Fall 2002 |
| Course Number: | 4304 |
| CRN: | 92105 |
| Office Hours: | 2-3:15 pm T, Th and by appointment |
Objectives:
To gain an understanding of the English Romantic period, its ideas, and its writers through reading, discussing, and writing about a wide range of literary works in their social, political, historical, and aesthetic contexts.
Texts:
Duncan Wu (ed.), Romanticism: An Anthology (second edition)
Jane Austen, Persuasion
Requirements:
| Two tests (including take-home essay question of c. 5-7 typed pages) | 30% each |
| Final exam (including take-home essay question) | 40% |
| Class participation, improvement, and other subjective factors will determine borderline grades. |
Schedule of Readings and Assignments (subject to revision):
27August--Introduction to the course and the age
29--Wu, 53-70 (Blake)
3 Sept.-- Wu, 71-84 (Blake)
5-- Wu, 84-99, 120 (Blake)
10—4-17, 19-34, 47-50 (Burke, Cowper, Paine, Barbauld, Godwin)
12-- Wu, 27-34, 36-44,50-53 (More, Crabbe, Yearsley)
17--Wu 120-53, 158-70, 172-74 (Robinson, Burns, Wollstonecraft, Williams, Thelwall, Macintosh)
19—Wu, 189-92, 270-72, 229-40, 326-29, 344-66 (W. Wordsworth)
24-- Wu , 265-69, 372-80, 405-07, 411(W. Wordsworth)
26-- Wu, 300-26, 329-30, 385-405 (W. Wordsworth)
1 Oct.-- Wu, 431-40, 368-72, 383 (D. Wordsworth, W. Wordsworth)
3—Test #1
8--Wu, 447-9, 451-53, 457- 59, 462-65, 524-25, 544-48 (Coleridge)
10—Wu, 525-44 (Coleridge)
15-- Wu, 475-90, 522-24 (Coleridge)
17-- Wu, 596-616, 629-38, 658-60 (Hazlitt, DeQuincey, Haydon)
22--Wu, 661-717 (Byron)
24--Wu, 718-52, 813-16 (Byron)
29--Wu, 752-812 (Byron)
31--Wu, 648-58, 443-46 (Lady C. Lamb, Tighe)
5 Nov.--Wu, 819-23, 841-50, 859-61, 941-43 (P. B. Shelley)
7--Wu, 864-87, 929 (starting with Demogorgon’s speech at bottom)-40(Shelley)
12--Wu, 973-1009 (Clare, Hemans, Lockhart)
14--Test #2
19-- Wu, 1009-42 (Keats)
21-- Wu, 1043-64 (Keats)
Thanksgiving Break
3 Dec.--Wu, 1064-80, 1092 (Keats)
5--Austen, v. I
10--Austen, v. II