Romanticism and Modern Literature(36151-01)
Fall 2023
Chankil Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr, 316 Humanities Bd., Office Hour: Thurs 14:00-15:00 by Appointment, Tel: 02-3277-2160)
Class: 409 Hakkwan, Tue 15:30-16:45/ Thurs 12:30-13:45.
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
Language: This course will be taught in Korean.
Requirements: Two Exams and Two In-Class Writings(2 pages, about 500 words each)
Evaluation: Attendance and Class Participation 10%, Two In-Class Writings 10%, Midterm 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
5 Introduction: British Romantics and the Romantic Poetry
7 Blake: Revolution
12 From Songs of Innocence and Experiences: “The Chimney Sweeper” “London”
14 From The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
19 In-Class Writing I
21 Wordsworth: The Growth of Mind
26 “Tintern Abbey”
October
5 Continued.
10 From “The Ruined Cottage”(ll.54-93, ll.152-185, ll.221-237, ll.447-538)
12 Continued.
17 From The Prelude(1850)(ll. 105-305 in Bk 11; ll. 208-335 in Bk 12; ll. 1-62 in Bk 14)
18-20 No Class: Midterm Exam Period
24 From The Prelude(1850) Continued.
26 From The Prelude(1850) Continued.
31 Midterm Exam
November
2 Coleridge: Dream
7 Biographia Literaria
9 Continued
14 "Kubla Khan"
16 Byron: Europe
21 From Childe Harold's Pilgrimage(Canto I: 1-4, 25-27; Canto II: 72-73)
23 Continued(Canto III: 5-7, 12, 15-16, 97, Canto IV: 137-138)
28 In-Class Writing II
30 Shelley: Eternity, From “Adonais”: Stanzas 1-4, 21-22.
30-1(Supplement I) In-class writing presentation and analysis with Zoom from 5 pm
December
5 From “Adonais"
7 continued
12 Keats: Beauty, "Bright Star, would I were stedfast as thou art"
14 "Ode to a Nightingale"
14-1(Supplement II) with Zoom from 5 pm
19 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.
