Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session
Course Requirements
Students are required to attend all class sessions and to participate. I do not evaluate class participation in terms of how many brilliant things you say in the course of the semester, but I require you to have read the texts thoroughly and to come to class prepared to talk about them. Failure to attend classes will negatively affect your grade; more than two unexcused absences will drop your grade by a letter, and more than three such absences will be considered grounds for failing the course. In addition, every student will be required to deliver 2-3 presentations on an assigned work during the semester. These presentations, between 10-15 minutes in length, should be conceived as exercises in literary interpretation through close analysis, and should ideally help to stimulate a discussion through arguments and questions.
For each essay assignment, a handout will be distributed detailing requirements and due dates. Feel free to come and discuss with me written assignments before they are due if you have any questions or problems.
Course Calendar
| DAY # | Topics | Key Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ||
| 1 | Introduction | |
| Week 2 | ||
| 2 | Readings by Thomas Gray, Thomas Warton, and Charles Lloyd | |
| 3 | Readings by Anna Seward and Charlotte Smith | |
| Week 3 | ||
| 4 | Readings by Wordsworth | |
| 5 | Readings by Wordsworth (cont.) | |
| Week 4 | ||
| 6 | Readings by Wordsworth (cont.) | |
| Week 5 | ||
| 7 | Readings by Coleridge | |
| 8 | Readings by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and John Thelwall | |
| Week 6 | ||
| 9 | Readings by Coleridge (cont.) | Essay 1 due (5-7 pages) |
| 10 | Readings by Keats | |
| Week 7 | ||
| 11 | Readings by Keats (cont.) | |
| 12 | Readings by Keats (cont.) | |
| Week 8 | ||
| 13 | Readings by Keats and William Hazlitt | |
| 14 | Readings by Percy Bysshe Shelley | |
| Week 9 | ||
| 15 | Readings by Percy Bysshe Shelley (cont.) | |
| Week 10 | ||
| 16 | Readings by Percy Bysshe Shelley (cont.) | |
| 17 | Readings by Percy Bysshe Shelley and Byron | |
| Week 11 | ||
| 18 | Readings by Mary Shelley | |
| Week 12 | ||
| 19 | Readings by Mary Shelley (cont.) | |
| 20 | Readings by Byron | |
| Week 13 | ||
| 21 | Readings by Byron (cont.) | |
| 22 | Readings by Byron (cont.) | |
| Week 14 | ||
| 23 | Readings by Byron (cont.) | |
| 24 | Readings by Byron (cont.) | Essay 2 due (8-10 pages) |