Romanticism and Modernity

Subject ENGL40007 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points:

12.50

Level:

4 (Undergraduate)

Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.

Pre-teaching Period Start	not applicable
Teaching Period	not applicable
Assessment Period End	not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol	not applicable
Census Date	not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail	not applicable

On campus

Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.

Time Commitment:

Contact Hours: 2
Total Time Commitment: 120

Prerequisites:

Admission to the postgraduate certificate, diploma or fourth year honours in English or gender studies.

Corequisites:

None

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None

Non Allowed Subjects:

None

Core Participation Requirements:

None

Coordinator

Prof Peter Otto

Contact

Peter Otto
peterjo@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:	This subject offers an introduction to romanticism as a paradigmatic discourse of modernity, with particular emphasis on questions of gender, aesthetics and subjectivity. It also examines aspects of the role played by the ideology and discourse of romanticism in contemporary culture, with particular reference to the sublime and sexuality. Students who successfully complete this subject will be familiar with some of the key concepts and tropes in the discourse of romanticism, have a broad understanding of the relation between romanticism and modernity, and understand some of the cultural functions of the discourse of romanticism in contemporary culture.
Objectives:	Students who complete this subject will: be familiar with some of the key concepts and motifs in the discourse of romanticism; have a broad understanding of the relation between romanticism and modernity; and understand some of the cultural functions of the discourse of romanticism in contemporary culture.
Assessment:	An essay of 5000 words 100% (due at the end of semester).
Prescribed Texts:	The Mary Shelley Reader (B T Bennett & C E Robinson (eds)), OUP Complete Poems (W Blake), Penguin Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Writings (T De Quincey), OUP Selected Writings (W Hazlitt), Penguin The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (J F Lyotard) Remembering Babylon (D Malouf), Penguin The White Hotel (D M Thomas), Penguin The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth (D Wordsworth, M Moorman (ed)), OUP Selected Poems (W Wordsworth)
Breadth Options:	This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:	Students who successfully complete this subject will develop: skills in social, ethical and cultural understanding; skills in critical, creative and theoretical thinking; skills in information management and information literacy; skills in intelligent and effective communication knowledge and ideas; and written communication skills.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations:	Anthropology and Social Theory English English English Gender Studies Gender Studies Gender Studies Social Theory Social Theory Social Theory

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