EL2002:04
Romantic and Victorian Literature
Townsville
HECS Band 1
26 hours lectures, 10 hours tutorials. Semester 2.
Staff: Dr G Manning.
A study of the literary and cultural movements which defined the British 19th century, encompassing a range of poems, novels and non-fiction.
Learning Objectives:
- broaden and intensify the literary critical skills and understanding attained by students at earlier levels, particularly where essay-writing and extra-literary issues are concerned;
- attain a broad knowledge of the Romantic movement in literature;
- acquire a broad knowledge of the Victorian period and the poetry and fiction which characterised it;
- engage imaginatively with the past with the aim of illuminating the present.