nglish omantic oetry

                                              Spring 2005

                                              

                                                       William Blake (1757-1827)

 

COURSE GOALS: 

The aims of this course are (1) to establish the significance of the Romantic era in the history of English literature,  (2)  to determine any correlation between Romantic poetry and English culture or history of the period, and (3)  to explore the themes and styles of the poets themselves.  Through our readings, we will discuss the relevance of such a genre, and we will focus on how we, as a modern audience, identify with the poems of  Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Students will become familiar with the rhetoric of versification and the application of diverse critical approaches. 

 

EVALUATION:

1/ Attendance and participation (10%)

2/ Notebook                                (10%)

3/ Mid-term Exam                      (10%)

4/ Two comment papers             (20%)

5/ Research paper                       (30%)

6/ Final Exam                             (20%)

 

 

Instructor:  A. Boumarate

Texts:  English Romantic Writers,  ed. David Perkins (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)

             A Standard College Dictionary

A complete list of readings and other assignments will be posted online before December.  For the URL or further information, Contact A. Boumarate  aboumarate@atlas.valenciacollege.edu