Module Details

The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
Title Romantic Literature
Code ENGL218
Coordinator Dr J Roberts
English
roberts@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 30

Aims

To introduce you to a wide range of texts from the Romantic and pre-Romantic period. To improve reading skills specific to those texts. To give you an informed sense of the wider cultural history of the time and the interconnections between different forms of writing in the period.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will acquire analytical skills and vocabulary appropriate to university-level work and be able to use them appropriately in relation to a range of sources from different historical periods and social contexts.

(LO2) Students will gain the ability to construct and support argument in written or spoken forms suitable for academic work and be able to participate constructively in group discussions.

(LO3) Students will gain awareness of cultural, theoretical and historical contexts of literature and language use.

(LO4) Students will have the ability to write well-constructed prose, reflecting appropriate scholarly knowledge and independent response within a sustained argument.

(LO5) Students will have knowledge of one or more specific literary historical periods and the language and genres associated with it/them.

(LO6) Students will have the ability to demonstrate research and evaluative skills that support wider literary or linguistic analysis, criticism, and/or data collection.

(S1) Students will gain the ability to analyse and interpret sophisticated texts closely and critically.

(S2) Students will gain the ability to construct and support argument in both written and spoken forms.

(S3) Students will gain the ability to write with appropriate subject knowledge, using appropriate approaches and terminology.

(S4) Students will gain the ability to identify and assess relevant information and data, and argue independently in response.

(S5) Students will gain the ability to critically evaluate research materials.

(S6) Students will gain the ability to undertake independent research, and to develop a sense of research attitude.


Syllabus

 

The module focuses on the period of English literature of the Romantic period (roughly 1770-1830).  The two workshops each week will cover a range of authors and themes in the period. Because of time constraints, not all texts / themes will be covered in the tutorials.  The module contains appreciably more poetry than prose.

The subject of each week's tutorial will be decided by the individual tutor, however, a typical tutorial syllabus (based on the lectures) might be as follows:
Week 1 – Poetry of Anna Barbauld and Charlotte Smith
Week 2 – Olaudah Equiano and the poetry of slavery
Week 3 – Poetry of William Wordsworth
Week 4 – Poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Week 5 – Works by William Blake
Week 6 – Study Skills
Week 7 – Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelly
Week 8 - Jane Austen, Persuasion
Week 9 – Poetry of John Keats
Week 10 – Poetry of John Clare
Week 11 & #x2013; Review and take-home paper preparation


Teaching and Learning Strategies

This module will be taught by 1 x weekly 1-hour tutorial with small group (F2F or online, as can be accommodated), and 2 x weekly 1-hour remote online workshops with whole cohort.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours     11

    22

33
Timetable (if known)     60 mins X 1 totaling 11
 
    60 mins X 2 totaling 22
 
 
Private Study 267
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 2: take-home paper (48 hours, not to be scheduled by SAS) There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessm  2,500 – 3,000 take    67       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Essay  1,000 - 1,500 words         
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When): Semester 2  3,000 - 3,500 words    33       

Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.