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106-021 Romanticism and Revolution 1790-1840 | |
Note | Formerly available as 106-220/320. Students who have completed 106-220/320 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Clara Tuite |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture per week and nine 2-hour tutorials scheduled across the semester |
Subject Description | This subject examines writing as a form of cultural production in Britain from 1790 to 1840, focusing on a variety of radical, counter-revolutionary and conservative writing and reading cultures that emerged following the French Revolution of 1789, in the context of debates on revolution, empire, social reform and control, class, gender and sexuality. Texts include a range of fiction, the poetry of Byron and Wordsworth and the political writings of Burke, Paine and Wollstonecraft. Students will develop an understanding of the historical, political, social and generic contexts of production and reception that inform Romantic writing, and will be introduced to a range of contemporary theoretical, critical and literary-historical approaches to the study of Romantic writing and culture. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. Regular attendance at tutorials is required. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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