EL2048 - The Romantic Vision

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of English

Through supported study of some major writers of the Romantic period in England (1790-1830), this subject examines not just the poetic and fictional styles of the period, but the lasting changes in attitude of which they were the result: changes in attitude which have shaped the way many of us think and live today. To understand Romanticism is, in part, to understand ourselves.

Learning Outcomes

• to attain an advanced understanding of what literary studies involve at university level;
• to develop confidence in literary-critical thinking, discussion, and writing;
• to develop a full and close understanding of the particular set texts;
• to gain a good realization of what the Romantic era was as a whole and what its legacy has been in historical and cultural terms, but in aesthetic and moral terms.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner.

Prerequisites:	Six units in level one EL subjects or EL and CN subjects.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	EL1004 and EL3048

Availabilities
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown.
Contact hours:	12 hours lectures 24 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (30%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (50%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU and Printed materials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); essays (50%).

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