This class will introduce and analyze representative examples of four four major English Romantic poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats and Shelley. Starting with a close reading of the poems we will proceed to a detailed analysis of the texts within their socio-cultural environment.
A reader with the term texts will be available in the first meeting.
Introductory reading:
- Butler, Marilyn, Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries: English Literature and its Background. Oxford and London 1981
- Day, Aidan, Romanticism. London and New York 1996
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23-ANG-AngBM2 Basismodul 2: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies | 2.3 Basisseminar: Genres, Authors, Periods | Study requirement
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The binding module descriptions contain further information, including specifications on the "types of assignments" students need to complete. In cases where a module description mentions more than one kind of assignment, the respective member of the teaching staff will decide which task(s) they assign the students.
A Studienleistung will be awarded for (1) regular attendance, (2) working as an expert for one session, and (3) an analysis of one poem in writing.