Romanticism
English · 3 hrs Seminar/Discussion
Offered: Fall/Winter Only
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Description
This course pursues in-depth analyses of literature, history, and culture of the English Romantic period (1789-1832). The course considers how events and issues such as the French Revolution, abolitionism, and women's rights influenced Romantic writers, including Mary Wollstonecraft, Anna Barbauld, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, William Godwin, Byron, Percy Shelley,John Keats,Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen. Sections of the course may also consider other national Romantic movements (e.g., American or Transatlantic Romanticism) as well as elements and discourses of Romanticism across history and in the present. This course may be repeated for credit once when the topic varies.
Requisite courses
6 credit hours of First-year English, including ENGL-1001(6) or ENGL-1000(3) [prerequisite(s)]; and 12 credit hours of English at the 2000-level or above; Course may be taken in previous semester(s) (must be taken previously or at the same time as this course).
Restrictions
Honours Form Required.
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