James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2004

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EL2002:03

Romantic and Victorian Literature

[Offered in odd-numbered years]

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.

Assessment by essays (40%); tutorial participation (20%); examination (40%).