Histoire littéraire et culturelle des pays anglophones III

The course focuses on the history of English/British Romanticism and privileges its poetic legacy. In an effort to understand the Romantics within their socio-political, European, and aesthetic contexts, the class will mainly offer close readings of some major works by Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. 

a) Introducing students to one of the major and most distinctive literary and cultural movements in the West. b) Further strengthening the literary analysis skills acquired by students in the GERM B 110 and GERM B 205 classes + developing the students' ability to approach a non-contemporary poetic text on their own. c) Providing students with some of the necessary foundations for the GERM B 430 course.

Required and corequired courses

Formal lectures in English with Dr. Franca BELLARSI + tutorials with Mr. Gregory WATSON.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

The poems chosen for the close readings in class vary from year to year.

The set reading will in part be excerpted from the following volumes:

1. BLAKE, William, Selected Poems, edited by G. E. Bentley, Jr. (Penguin Classics, ISBN : 978-0140424461)

2. WORDSWORTH, William, Selected Poems, edited by Stephen Gill (Penguin Classics, ISBN : 978-0140424423)

3. COLERIDGE, Samuel, Selected Poetry, edited by Richard Holmes (Penguin Classics, ISBN : 978-0140424294)

4. BYRON, George Gordon. Selected Poetry, edited by Jerome J. McGann (Oxford World Classics, 978-0199538782)

5. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe, The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O’Neill (Oxford World Classics, OUP, ISBN :

   978-0199538973)

6. KEATS, John, Selected Poems, edited by John Barnard (Penguin Classics, ISBN : 978-0140424478)

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

e-mail: franca.bellarsi@ulb.be

Tél.: 02/650 67 47 (office) ou 02/650 38 24 (secretariat)

Personal interviews on appointment only (Office no.: AZ4.117).

Assistant: Gregory Watson
email: gregory.watson@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination

written examination

• Closed question with multiple choices (MCQ)
• Open question with fill-in the blanks text
• Open question with developed answer

Written examination in May/June (on site/on campus).

Language(s) of evaluation

• english