Module: Romanticism

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Romanticism
Module Code	LIT1037 (ITS: EL308)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	English
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

This course aims to introduce students to literary works of the nineteenth-century by exploring predominately British and American works of fiction, poetry and drama of the period. This module will contextualize selective writers and works in terms of the historical and social context from which they emerged, and explore what they reveal about the anxieties and aspirations of the nineteenth century – from Romanticism to Victorianism.

Learning Outcomes

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2. Communicate a familiarity with the contexts and conventions of English Romantic poetry.
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7. Analyse elements of Romantic (and pre- and post- Romantic) style.
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12. Communicate the Romantic conception of poetry as found in the writings of the prescribed poets, and the ways in which the Romantic conception of poetry differed from that held in previous eras.
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17. Explore the Romantic notion of the imagination as defined in the works of the prescribed poets.
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22. Discuss the idea of a 'crisis lyric'.
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27. Analyse the ways in which critical writing and imaginative writing intersect in the romantic period, and assess the continuing impact of Romanticism on the discipline of English Studies.
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*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Assessment Feedback	0.5	Discussion of class test and essay result with lecturer
Lecture	24	Lectures/discussions on prescribed texts
Independent Study	100.5	No Description
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	10944	Part of Term	Semester 1
Coursework	100%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	N
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Jack Quin	Module Teacher	James Shanahan, Kit Fryatt, Sharon Murphy

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Portfolio	Students will submit a portfolio consisting of responses to three different assessment questions. One relates to a comparative analysis of two Romantic poets, one asks for a conceptual reflection on Romanticism and asks that the student relate that to a cultural object, and the last asks for reflection through prose fiction upon Romantic heroism.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

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Indicative Reading List

Books:

M.H. Abrams,: 1958, The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and Critical Tradition, Norton, New York,
Marilyn Butler: 1991, Romantics, Rebels, and Reactionaries: English Literature and its Background, 1796-1830, Oxford,
Marilyn Butler (ed): 0, ed.), Burke, Paine, Godwin and the Revolution Controvers, Cambridge,
Pamela Clemit (ed): 0, The Cambridge Companion to British Literature of the French Revolution in the 1790s, Cambridge,
Iain McCalman: 0, An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age British Culture, 1776-1832,
Duncan Wu: 0, Romanticism: An Anthology,

Articles:
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Other Resources

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