English Romantic Literature - 1st and 2nd semester
Code
711121030
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
João Paulo Pereira da Silva, João Paulo Pereira da Silva
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire a wide-range, in-depth knowledge of the main guidelines of English Romantic literature;
b) To relate authors in the programme to the historical, social and cultural contexts;
c) To develop the students capacity to analyse and critically read relevant texts of the Romantic Period, in the fields of lyrical poetry (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats) and the novel (Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk and/or Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho);
d) To acquire knowledge of different theoretical and critical approaches in the field of Romantic Studies;
e) To develop the students competence to carry out bibliographical research, to elaborate a written essay in a presential test as well as to produce oral presentations in class.
Prerequisites
Non-applicable.
Subject matter
Bibliography
Curran, S. (ed.) (2010). The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Day, A. (2011). Romanticism. 2nd ed. London , New York: Routledge.
Kelly, G. (1989). English Fiction of the Romantic Period 1789-1830. London, New York: Longman.
McCalman, I. (ed.) (2001). An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age. British Culture 1776- 1832. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
Moore, J. & Strachan, J. (2010). Key Concepts in Romantic Literature. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Punter, D. (ed.) (2001). A Companion to the Gothic. Oxford, UK/Malden, Massachussets USA: Blackwell.
Spooner, C. & McEvoy, E. (eds.) (2007). The Routledge Companion to the Gothic. London, New York: Routledge.
Wu, D. (ed.) (1999). A Companion to Romanticism. New ed. Oxford, UK/Malden, Massachussets USA: Blackwell.
Wu, D. (ed.) (1996). Romanticism: A Critical Reader. Oxford, UK/Malden, Massachussetts USA: Blackwell.
Teaching method
Theoretical presentation designed to provide a historical and critical context for subsequent approaches to the selected texts; practical application of the knowledge gained in joint analyses (teacher and students) of the works on the reading list; group discussion of works from the selected critical bibliography, previously read by the students. Students will be guided and supported with a view to preparing them for the tests.
Evaluation method
Two written classroom tests, a mid-semester test and a final one (80%); participation in class in discussions and analysis of selected texts (20%).