EN3163 The Younger Romantics: Poetry and Prose (1810 - 1830)

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

11.00 am Thu and 11.00 am Fri

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Module coordinator

Prof N H Roe

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Module Staff

Prof Nicholas Roe (NHR)

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Module description

The module aims to introduce students to the second generation of Romantic writers, and to equip them with a good working knowledge of literary culture in Britain in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century. Students in this module will be expected to demonstrate, in class assignments and in examinations, that they have acquired: a detailed knowledge and critical appreciation of poetic and non-fictional prose texts of the second generation of English Romantic writers; an understanding of these texts within their political and cultural contexts; the ability to present an informed discussion of Romantic literature in the light of contextual evidence such as social, political and wider historical developments; knowledge of recent critical and theoretical approaches to these texts; skills in critical reading, arguments, and evaluation of primary texts and relevant secondary material; skills in library and on-line research; a range of relevant practical and presentational skills, both written and oral. (Oral skills will be tested via group discussion and individual presentations; written skills will be tested by means of essays, semester examinations and creative writing exercises in the manner of a writer we have studied.) (Group C)

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS EN2003 AND PASS EN2004

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

exam = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2 hours: seminars, lectures or tutorials, and 2 optional consultative hours.

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and critical appreciation of poetic and non-fictional prose texts of the second generation of English Romantic writers
  • Demonstrate an understanding of these texts within their political and cultural contexts
  • Present an informed discussion of Romantic literature in the light of contextual evidence such as social, political and wider historical developments
  • Demonstrate knowledge of recent critical and theoretical approaches to these texts
  • Demonstrate skills in critical reading, arguments, and evaluation of primary texts and relevant secondary material
  • Demonstrate skills in library and on-line research