School of Letters Department of Humanities Literature Course
English Linguistics & Literature Major
Major (Credit 2)

Intended Year: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade
Intended School:
English Literature (Seminar XII)
English Literature (Seminar XII)
Sub Title  An Introduction to Romantic Poetry
外国人教師 Iain TWIDDY
Numbering Code: LET-HUM3576J
Course Code:
2023 FallTerm
weekly Wed4
Ito Classroom
E科目 (English, English)
Course Overview On this course we shall be reading a selection of English Romantic poetry, by poets including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and George Gordon, Lord Byron. We shall read and discuss one or two poems each week. All members of the class will be expected to have read the poem/s, and to contribute to class discussion. We shall discuss the literary, biographical and historical context of the poems, and by the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the prominent themes of English Romanticism, including liberty, independence, and the vitality of nature.
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