Department of English
This course is an introductory survey to the literature of the Romantic period, focusing on its poetry and drama. In particular, we will spend time on the conventions of form, genre, and performance. What does it mean for a poet to participate in a particular tradition? to speak in persona or ironically? We will examine these writers in relation to one another, and in the context of the cultural movements in which they participated. Requirements: there will be 3 responses, a short essay, a long essay, and a final examination.
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Sector 1: Theory and Poetics of the Standard Major
Sector 4: Literature of the long 18th-century (ca. 1660-1830) of the Standard Major
Sector 5: 19th Century Literature of the Standard Major
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