Romanticism and Modern Literature(36151-01)

Fall 2018

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

Class: 307 Hakwan, Mon 12:30-13:45/ Thu 14:00-15:15              

Course Description: This is an introductory lecture on the literary works produced in Britain during the Romantic period in which the idea of modernity was first conceived. The canonical poems by the six major poets are still the main targets of course, but they will be explored in the context of the modernity that has expressed itself in all aspects of British society after the French Revolution. Main emphasis falls on a close reading of the key texts such as "London," "Tintern Abbey," and "Ode to a Nightingale," but they will be read more as a part of artistic expression of the modern mind we still share in the 21^st century.

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

Evaluation: Attendance and Class Participation 10%, Papers 10%, Mid-term Exam 40%, Final Exam 40%

Attendance and Tardiness: Failing to attend the class 10 times or more will automatically result in F. Being late more than 10 minutes will count as a late attendance and two late attendances will count as one absence.

Tentative Schedule

September

3          Introduction: British Romantics and the Romantic Poetry

6          Blake: Revolution

10         From Songs of Innocence and Experiences: “The Chimney Sweeper” “London”

13         “A Song of Liberty”

17         Wordsworth: The Growth of Mind

20        “Tintern Abbey”

27         From “The Ruined Cottage”(ll.54-93, ll.152-185, ll.221-237, ll.447-538)

October

1         Continued

4         From The Prelude(ll. 208-287, the Book 12 of 1850)

8         Coleridge: Imagination

11        "Kubla Khan"

15        From “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

18        Continued

22        Continued

29        Midterm Exam

November

1          Byron: Europe

5          From Childe Harold's Pilgrimage(Canto I: 1-4, 25-27; Canto II: 72-73)  

8          Continued(Canto III: 5-7, 12, 15-16, 72-74, 97)

12         Continued(Canto IV: 90-93, 134-138)

15         Shelley: Eternity

19         "Mont Blanc"

22         “Ode to the West Wind”

26         From “Adonais” (Stanzas 2, 21, 34, 39, 52, 55)

29         Continued

December

3                Keats: Beauty

6         "Ode to a Nightingale"

10        From “The Eve of St. Agnes”

13              Continued

17              Continued

20               Final Exam