Romantic and Victorian Poetry and Prose. Interactions between Literature and Art - MA Seminar 1

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The M.A. seminar aims at exploring literature (mainly poetry) of the 19th century England. The course's goal is to prepare the students for autonomous choice of their M.A. thesis subject and to offer guidance as far as the completion of the project is concerned. Students will be able to devote their research to the poetry of English Romanticism and the Victorian period. The field may include the Woman Question, the birth of feminism, the shaping of gender roles, The Pre-Raphaelites, the relations between literature and the visual arts, ecology, ecocriticism, the relations between literature and science.. Projects concerning William Blake, John Keats, John Clare. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Tennyson, The Pre-Raphaelites and Algernon Charles Swinburne are particularly welcome.

The M.A. seminar aims at exploring literature (mainly poetry) of the 19th century England. The course's goal is to prepare the students for autonomous choice of their M.A. thesis subject and to offer guidance as far as the completion of the project is concerned. Students will be able to devote their research to the poetry of English Romanticism and the Victorian period. The field may include the Woman Question, the birth of feminism, the shaping of gender roles, The Pre-Raphaelites, the relations between literature and the visual arts, ecology, ecocriticism, the relations between literature and science.. Projects concerning William Blake, John Keats, John Clare. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Tennyson, The Pre-Raphaelites and Algernon Charles Swinburne are particularly welcome.

The first two semesters are plnned as a series of meetings devoted to analysis and interpretation of Romantic (semester I) and Vitorian (semester II) poetry. We will discuss texts that may be viewed as representative of the 19th century literature. semesters are planned in thematic modules (Romanticism and ecology, Romanticism and history, Romanticism and religion, etc). We will also discuss the relations between literature and the visual ars, particularly in the context of the Pre-Raphaelite Britherhood. The requirements for the second semester is the completion of one of the chapters of the thesis. During next semesters the students will attend individual meetings with the tutor, h during which guidance will be offered as to the particular stages of the completion of their project.

Wybór tekstów źródłowych i opracowań krytycznych, na przykład:

Ashfield, A., de Bolla, P. (ed.), The Sublime: A reader in British 18th Century Aesthetic Theory (1996).

Beer, J., Questioning Romanticism (1995).

Bristow, Joseph (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry (2000)

Curran, Stuart (ed.), Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism (1993).

Furret, Francois (ed.), Człowiek Romantyzmu (2001).

Heffernan, James (1993) Museum of Words. The Poetics of Ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery.

Lightman, Bernard V. Evolutiona nad Victorian Culture (2014)

Mash, J. (1995) The Pre-Raphaelite Women: Images of Femininity in Pre-Raphaelite art

McGann, Jerome, The Romantic Ideology (1983).

McGann, Jerome, The Poetics of Sensibility: A Revolution in Literary Style (1996).

Pearce, Lynne (1991) Woman/Image/Text. Readings in Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature.

Prickett, Stephen (ed.), The Romantics (1981).

Roe, Nicholas (ed.), Oxford Guide to Romanticism (2005).

Wu, Duncan (ed.), Romanticism: The Critical Reader (1995).

At the end of the sourse the student

Knowledge

1. knows the most important literary texts of the 19th century

2. knows topics, genres and conventions of poetry and prose of Romanticism and the Victorian England

3. knows cultural background of 19th century literature, especially issues to do with the Woman Question, the relation between literature and painting, attitudes to religion and nature.

SKILLS

1. can analyse literary texts.

2. can choose and apply adequate methodology of research.

3. can formulate the range and theme of his/her research, critically assess his/her own work.

4. is able to complete a longer research project.

ATTITUDES

1. appreciates aesthetic values and meaning of 19th century literature

2. knows and appreciates the value of the past

3. shows an attitude of interest and tolerance in relation to other cultures and other values.