Romanticism and Modern Literature(36151-01)
Fall
2019
Chankil
Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr, 316 Humanities Bd., Office Hour: by Appointment, Tel:
02-3277-2160)
Class: 506 Hakwan, Tue
12:30-13:45/ Fri 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 21st 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”
17
“A
Song of Liberty”
20
Wordsworth: The Growth of Mind
24 “Tintern Abbey”
27 From “The Ruined Cottage”(ll.54-93, ll.152-185,
ll.221-237, ll.447-538)
October
1 From
The Prelude(ll.524-641, Book 7;
ll.204-335, Book 12; ll.1-112, Book 14)
4
Continued
8
Coleridge: Dream
11 "Kubla Khan"
15
From “The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner”
18 Continued
25
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 1-4, 21-22,
34, 39-42, 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
*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.
