ROMANTIC LITERATURE
ENG3RM
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
his unit aims to introduce students to a broad range of texts, both in poetry and prose, from the Romantic period. Focusing on writers as diverse as Charlotte Smith, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen and Lord Byron, this unit will explore such topics as: the rise of the novel; the influence of the gothic on romantic literature; Romantic celebrity culture; and the impact exerted on the literature of this period by the discourses of sensibility and the sublime. Students completing this unit will have developed an understanding of a number of key romantic texts, and of the contexts out of which these texts arose.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Claire Knowles
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 45 credit points of second-year English, or co-ordinator's approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: HUM2RM, HUM3RM
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Northanger Abbey, | Prescribed | Austen, J. | PENGUIN |
| Readings | The memoirs of Emma Courtney, | Prescribed | Hays, M. | OUP |
| Readings | The romance of the forest, | Prescribed | Radcliffe, A. | OUP |
| Readings | Wuthering Heights, | Prescribed | Bronte, E. | SIGNET |