008 223 - Romantic Literature

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University of Iowa

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A total immersion in romantic-period literature, this course will allow students to experience literary works that have been vaunted as high-water marks of the period extending from 1789 to 1832, as well as to read less familiar works which represent curious tributaries of that era. Reading assignments will cover a wide range of poetry (including poems by Wordsworth, Blake, Byron, Keats, Robinson, Smith, Barbauld), a scattering of fiction and drama (in particular, novels and plays by Inchbald, Radcliffe, Austen, and Coleridge), and an array of critical/theoretical texts that have come to shape our understanding of the field (for example, the interventions of Hartman, McGann, Levinson, and Lieu). Class participants will write frequent short papers aimed at fine-tuning critical writing skills and encouraging methodological innovation. Students will exit the class prepared to embark on comprehensive exams or dissertation plans in which romanticism figures prominently. The class will also provide a capacious, far-flung overview of the field for those who seek to complement knowledge of later periods with a strong sense of literary history and/or a more thorough understanding of an exciting body of literature. Students from all departments and disciplinary groups are welcome. This course is taught by Judith Pascoe.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uiowa.edu

Phone Number:

(319) 335-3500

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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