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Established Views in Literary History: Romanticism  
 
Established Views in Literary History: Romanticism  
Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads. (1802)
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*[http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Etexts/lbprose.html#preface William Wordsworth, Preface to ''Lyrical Ballads'', (rev. ed. 1802).]
  
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1798_wordsworth_tintern_abbey.pdf Wordsworth, “Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” (1798).]
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1798_wordsworth_tintern_abbey.pdf Wordsworth, “Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” (1798).]
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1817_coleridge_bibliographia_literaria.pdf Coleridge: Biographia Literaria.]
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1817_coleridge_biographia_literaria.pdf Coleridge: Biographia Literaria.]
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1797_coleridge_kubla_khan.pdf Coleridge: Kubla Khan.]
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1797_coleridge_kubla_khan.pdf Coleridge: Kubla Khan.]
  
 
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Coleridge, ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (1798 and 1816),  
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Coleridge, ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (1798 and 1817),  
 
Coleridge on the Supernatural.
 
Coleridge on the Supernatural.
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1798_coleridge_ancient_mariner.pdf Coleridge: ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (1798).]
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1798_coleridge_ancient_mariner.pdf Coleridge: ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (1798).]
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1816_coleridge_ancient_mariner.pdf Coleridge: ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (1816).]
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1817_coleridge_ancient_mariner.pdf Coleridge: ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (1817).]
  
 
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Political Romanticism: William Blake, “London”;
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Political Romanticism:  
P. B. Shelley “England in 1819”.  
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1794_blake_london.pdf William Blake, “London”.]
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1819_shelley_england_in_1819.pdf P. B. Shelley “England in 1819”.] .
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1993_dawson_romanticism_poetry_revolution.pdf P.M.S. Dawson: "Poetry in an Age of Revolution".] .
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Established Views in Literary History: Gothic  
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Established Views in Literary History: Gothic
Ann Radcliffe “On the Supernatural” (1826);
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The Typical Genre Features of Gothic Fiction as Found in The Monk (Sedgwick and others).  
 
The Typical Genre Features of Gothic Fiction as Found in The Monk (Sedgwick and others).  
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1826_radcliffe_supernatural.pdf Ann Radcliffe, On the Supernatural in Poetry" (1826).]
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1986_sedgwick_gothic_conventions_ch_1.pdf Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, ''The Coherence of Gothic Conventions'', New York / London: Methuen, 1986, ch. 1: " The Structure of Gothic Conventions".]
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Lewis, The Monk:  
 
Lewis, The Monk:  
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Lewis, The Monk: “The Dark Side of What?”:  
 
Lewis, The Monk: “The Dark Side of What?”:  
 
Passion, Repression, Violence.  
 
Passion, Repression, Violence.  
The Monk and the Contemporary Debate  
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The Monk and the Contemporary Debate
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_clery_gothic_documents_monk_affair.pdf The ''Monk'' Affair.]
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A first resumé of tensions and debates:  
 
A first resumé of tensions and debates:  
Gothic and romantic, and the relation of both towards ‘modernity’  
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Gothic and romantic, and the relation of both towards ‘modernity’
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_gamer_gothic_and_its_contexts.pdf Michael Gamer, "Gothic and its Contexts".]
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_gamer_producing_lyrical_ballads.pdf Michael Gamer, "Producing ''Lyrical Ballads''".]
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William Godwin, Caleb Williams 1:  
 
William Godwin, Caleb Williams 1:  

Latest revision as of 17:10, 7 December 2009

  • Time: Monday 16-18
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Course Description

19.10.09

Introduction. Technicalities. -- Three concepts and their connection: Modernity, Romanticism, Gothic

26.10.09

Established Views in Literary History: Romanticism

02.11.09

09.11.09

Coleridge, ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (1798 and 1817), Coleridge on the Supernatural.

16.11.09

Political Romanticism:

23.11.09

Established Views in Literary History: Gothic

The Typical Genre Features of Gothic Fiction as Found in The Monk (Sedgwick and others).

30.11.09

Lewis, The Monk: Plot Structure, Narrative Perspectives.

07.12.09

Lewis, The Monk: “The Dark Side of What?”: Passion, Repression, Violence. The Monk and the Contemporary Debate

14.12.09

A first resumé of tensions and debates: Gothic and romantic, and the relation of both towards ‘modernity’

04.01.10

William Godwin, Caleb Williams 1: The (plot) structure of CW; CW as a Critique of the English Social System and the Character and Development of Mr. Falkland

11.01.10

William Godwin, Caleb Williams II Narrative Techniques, Caleb’s character and his changing perspective on Falkland. The alternative ending.

18.01.10

CW , The Monk, and the Public Debate as a Gothic, a Romantic or a Modern text. – Constructing Different Readings.

25.01.10

Course Evaluation. – Final Discussion.

01.02.10

Feedback on Course Evaluation. –Presentation and Student Discussion of Term Paper Projects.