British Romantic Poetry(36151-01)

Fall 2017

Chankil Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr, 316 Humanities Bd., Office Hour: by Appointment, Tel: 02-3277-2160)

Class: 305 Hakwan, Tue 15:30-16:45/ Thu 12:30-13:45              

Course Description: This is an introduction to the British Romantic Poetry. The canonical poems by the six major poets are the main targets, but some less known poems will also be read in the class. Main emphasis falls on a close reading of the key texts such as "London," "Tintern Abbey," and "Ode to a Nightingale," but recent theoretical issues will be explained in lectures and class discussions.

Text: Norton Anthology II(8th edition) or any other downloadable texts from electronic sources

Evaluation: Attendance and Class Participation 10%, Quizzes 10%, Papers 10%, Mid-term Exam 35%, Final Exam 35%

Tentative Schedule

September

5          Introduction: British Romantics and the Romantic Poetry

7          Blake: lecture

12         From Songs of Innocence and Experiences

14         Continued

19         Wordsworth: lecture, from “Preface to Lyrical Ballads.”

21        "Simon Lee"

26         From “The Ruined Cottage”

28        “Tintern Abbey”(Quiz I)

October

3-9        National Holidays(Makeup Class 1)

10         Coleridge: lecture: from Biographia Literaria

12         "Kubla Khan"

17         “Frost at Midnight”

19         “Dejection: An Ode”(Paper I due)

24         Midterm Exam

26         No Class: Midterm Exam Period for General Subjects(Makeup Class 2)

31         Byron: Lecture, from Letters

November

2          From Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

7          Continued

9          From Don Juan

14         Continued

16         Shelley: lecture, from “A Defence of Poetry”

21         "Mont Blanc"

23         From “Adonais”

28         “Stanzas Written in Dejection”(Quiz II)

30         Keats: lecture, from Letters

December

5          "Ode to a Nightingale"

7          "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

12         "To Autumn"

14        From “The Fall of Hyperion”(Paper II due)

19              Final Exam

Makeup Class 1: 17:00-19:00, October 19, Hakwan 307, Film Viewing: Pandaemonium(2001)

Makeup Class 2: 17:00-19:00, December 14, Hakwan 307, Film Viewing: Bright Star(2009)        

*Reading Schedule is only tentative and some changes can take place also in the list of poems, which will be announced at the first class.

British Romantic Poetry(36151-02)

Fall 2017

Chankil Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr, 316 Humanities Bd., Office Hour: by Appointment, Tel: 02-3277-2160)

Class: 305 Hakwan, Wed 15:30-16:45/ Fri 12:30-13:45              

Course Description: This is an introduction to the British Romantic Poetry. The canonical poems by the six major poets are the main targets, but some less known poems will also be read in the class. Main emphasis falls on a close reading of the key texts such as "London," "Tintern Abbey," and "Ode to a Nightingale," but recent theoretical issues will be explained in lectures and class discussions.

Text: Norton Anthology II(8th edition) or any other downloadable texts from electronic sources

Evaluation: Attendance and Class Participation 10%, Quizzes 10%, Papers 10%, Mid-term Exam 35%, Final Exam 35%

Tentative Schedule

September

1          Introduction: British Romantics and the Romantic Poetry

6          Blake: lecture

8          From Songs of Innocence and Experiences

13         Continued

15         Wordsworth: lecture, from “Preface to Lyrical Ballads.”

20         "Simon Lee"

22         From “The Ruined Cottage”

27         “Tintern Abbey”(Quiz I)

29         Coleridge: lecture: from Biographia Literaria

October

3-9         National Holidays(Makeup Class 1)

11         "Kubla Khan"

13         “Frost at Midnight”

18         “Dejection: An Ode”(Paper I due)

20         Midterm Exam

25-27      No Class: Midterm Exam Period for General Subjects(Makeup Class 2)

November

1          Byron: Lecture, from Letters

3          From Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

8          Continued

10         From Don Juan

15         Continued”

17         Shelley: lecture, from “A Defence of Poetry

22         "Mont Blanc"

24         From “Adonais”

29         “Stanzas Written in Dejection”(Quiz II)

December

1          Keats: lecture, from Letters

6          "Ode to a Nightingale"

8         "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

13        "To Autumn"

15              From “The Fall of Hyperion”(Paper II due)

20        Final Exam

Makeup Class 1: 17:00-19:00, October 18, Hakwan 307,  Film Viewing: Pandaemonium(2001)

Makeup Class 2: 17:00-19:00, December 15, Hakwan 307, Film Viewing: Bright Star(2009)        

*Reading Schedule is only tentative and some changes can take place also in the list of poems, which will be announced at the first class.