Romantic and Victorian Poetry and Prose. Interactions between Literature and Art - MA Seminar 3 3301-LBS3ŁHOŁ02
The M.A. seminar aims at exploring literature (mainly poetry) of the 19th century England. The course's goal is to prepare the students for autonomous choice of their M.A. thesis subject and to offer guidance as far as the completion of the project is concerned. Students will be able to devote their research to the poetry of English Romanticism and the Victorian period. The field may include the Woman Question, the birth of feminism, the shaping of gender roles, The Pre-Raphaelites, the relations between literature and the visual arts, ecology, ecocriticism, the relations between literature and science.. Projects concerning William Blake, John Keats, John Clare. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Tennyson, The Pre-Raphaelites and Algernon Charles Swinburne are particularly welcome.
Semesters I and II are planned as a cycle of meetings devoted to analysis and interpretation of Romantic (semester I) and Victorian (semester II) poetry. We will discuss the most representative texts of both epochs, and the meetings are arranged thematically (Romanticism and religion, Romanticism and history, Romanticism and ecology; Victorian poetry and science, religious crisis, aesthetics, the Woman Question, etc.). We will also discuss the relations between literature and the visual arts, with special emphasis on works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Students should submit the first chapter of their MA theses at the end of the second semester. Semesters three and four are designed as individual tutorials.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student will be able to:
K_W01 Identify and characterize on an advanced level the place and status of literary and culture studies within the humanities
K_W02 Describe on an advanced level the current trends in literary and cultural studies research within English studies, particularly in relation to 19th century poetry
K_W04 Characterize on an advanced level the principles of research design in literary and culture studies with special focus on the application of methods and tools in formulating research problems, with particular attention to methods and tools especially relevant for the subject of the course.
K_W05 Identify the notions and principles pertinent to intellectual property and copyright
Abilities
The student is able to:
K_U01 Apply advanced terminology and notions pertinent to the discipline (linguistics, literary studies, culture and religion studies)
K_U02 Apply advanced research methodology within literary and culture studies and English studies, respecting ethical norms and copyright law
K_U03 Apply knowledge obtained during the course of studies to account for and solve a problem, thereby completing a research task related to the discipline literary studies and/or culture and religion studies
K_U04 Analyze linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena and draw generalizations on their basis in the context of societal, historical and economic factors (particularly relevant for England in the19th century) on an advanced level
K_U05 Discern alternative methodological paradigms within a discipline
K_U06 Find information in various sources and critically assess its usefulness for research related to the topic of the MA project
Social competences
The student is ready to:
K_K02 Apply knowledge and skills obtained during the course of studies to undertake lifelong learning, as well as personal and professional development
K_K03 Take responsibility for performing one’s professional duties, with due respect for the work of others, obey and develop the ethical norms in professional and academic settings related to the disciplines included on the curriculum of English studies
Assessment criteria
To pass the course, apart from the standard requirement of attendance and participation in the classes the student have to fulfil requirements agreed upon at the beginning of each semester (semester I: the completion and the supervisor's approval of the reseach proposal; semester II: one thesis chapter approved as ready; semester III: the second chapter approved as ready; semester IV: completion of the whole MA thesis).
Absences allowed: 3.
Bibliography
Ashfield, A., de Bolla, P. (ed.), The Sublime: A reader in British 18th Century Aesthetic Theory (1996).
Beer, J., Questioning Romanticism (1995).
Bristow, Joseph (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry (2000)
Curran, Stuart (ed.), Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism (1993).
Furret, Francois (ed.), Człowiek Romantyzmu (2001).
Heffernan, James (1993) Museum of Words. The Poetics of Ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery.
Lightman, Bernard V. Evolutiona nad Victorian Culture (2014)
Mash, J. (1995) The Pre-Raphaelite Women: Images of Femininity in Pre-Raphaelite art
McGann, Jerome, The Romantic Ideology (1983).
McGann, Jerome, The Poetics of Sensibility: A Revolution in Literary Style (1996).
Pearce, Lynne (1991) Woman/Image/Text. Readings in Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature.
Prickett, Stephen (ed.), The Romantics (1981).
Roe, Nicholas (ed.), Oxford Guide to Romanticism (2005).
Wu, Duncan (ed.), Romanticism: The Critical Reader (1995).
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