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Archived Version 2019 - 2020
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Description This module begins with Romanticism and the revolutionary movements in France, America and Ireland at the end of the eighteenth century, and ends with the social upheaval of the Industrial Revolution that was ongoing throughout the Victorian period. The module includes the most influential Romantic writers including Wordsworth, Coleridge, the Shelleys, Byron and Keats. As well as dealing with celebrations and critiques of the everyday, it deals with exotic worlds in Frankenstein, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the literature produced under the influence of opium. The Victorian section draws on some of the best-known novelists in English – Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy – and includes units on crime fiction, empire and religious controversy. In the work of Wilde students meet the fin-de-siècle, the end of the Victorians and one of the roots of modern literature. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Formulate the different characteristics of writing in the Romantic and Victorian periods 2. Critically assess the concepts of subjectivity and individualism in nineteenth-century writing 3. Explain the significance of realism and genre fiction (e.g. Gothic, sensation, crime fiction) in 19th-century literature 4. Critically reflect upon the variety in the genres of poetry and the novel in the nineteenth century 5. Evaluate the various ways in which gender was represented in nineteenth-century writing 6. Actively engage in an online discussion with peers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities PART 1: ROMANTICISMUnit 1: Romanticism and the Age of RevolutionUnit 2: William Blake: Songs of Innocence and ExperienceUnit 3: Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth and ColeridgeUnit 4: The Hero: Subjectivity and Self-fashioning in Romantic WritingUnit 5: Romantic Struggles and Desires: The Poetry of Keats and ShelleyUnit 6: Romanticism And The Gothic: Coleridge And Mary ShelleyUnit 7: Gender and RomanticismUnit 8: Jane Austen and Romantic WritingUnit 9: Review of RomanticismPART 2: VICTORIANISMUnit 10: Victorianism and it's ContextsUnit 11: The Condition of EnglandUnit 12: Women's Roles in Victorian SocietyUnit 13: Victorian Writers and ChristianityUnit 14: Realism and the NovelUnit 15: Victorian Crime FictionUnit 16: Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding CrowdUnit 17: The Victorians and EmpireUnit 18: The Fin De SiecleUnit 19: Review of Victorianism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Programme or List of Programmes |
BA | BA in Humanities |
BADIP | Diploma in Humanities |
BAEH | BA in English & History |
BASM | BA Single Module |
EHDIP | Diploma in English and History |
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