Romantic and Romantic and Victorian PoetryVictorian Poetry

Course InformationCourse Information Course Title: Romantic and Victorian Poetry Course Title: Romantic and Victorian Poetry Course Number: 3214Course Number: 3214   Year: Third              Year: Third               Term:  Second Term:  Second Course Status: Compulsory Course Instructor: Course Status: Compulsory Course Instructor:

Dr. Suzanne WazzanDr. Suzanne Wazzan Credit Hours:   2Hours of Instruction per Credit Hours:   2Hours of Instruction per

Week  Week     Course Symbol   2- 2503325Course Symbol   2- 2503325 Time: 5- 6-SundayTime: 5- 6-Sunday Room: B 12Room: B 12 Office Hours: Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, 9-11Office Hours: Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, 9-11

Course Aims and ObjectivesCourse Aims and Objectives 1- The focus will be on the prominent poets 1- The focus will be on the prominent poets

of the Romantic and Victorian Agesof the Romantic and Victorian Ages 2-The works of the poets are examined in 2-The works of the poets are examined in

the context of the poems as well as their the context of the poems as well as their historical, literary and aesthetic historical, literary and aesthetic backgrounds.backgrounds.

3-Students will develop a facility in 3-Students will develop a facility in discussing literary techniques and devices discussing literary techniques and devices with an emphasis on the power and with an emphasis on the power and qualities of effective language.qualities of effective language.

4- Features particular to the two ages that 4- Features particular to the two ages that define them as different from others are to define them as different from others are to be a source of focusbe a source of focus

Course Contents:Course Contents:

Romantic AgeRomantic Age Victorian AgeVictorian Age

Romantic AgeRomantic Age

1-Concise historical background1-Concise historical background 2-Outstanding features2-Outstanding features 3-Philosophy and Terminology that 3-Philosophy and Terminology that

distinguished the age from othersdistinguished the age from others 4-Representative Poets4-Representative Poets A-Early Romantics:A-Early Romantics: Burns, Scott, Burns, Scott, WordsworthWordsworth B-Later Romantics:B-Later Romantics: ColeridgeColeridge, , ByronByron, , ShelleyShelley, , KeatsKeats

Victorian AgeVictorian Age

1-Concise historical background1-Concise historical background 2-Outstanding features2-Outstanding features 3-Philosophy and Terminology that 3-Philosophy and Terminology that

distinguished the age from othersdistinguished the age from others 4-Representative Poets4-Representative Poets Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Robert BrowningRobert Browning Elizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett Browning Matthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins

Methods of AssessmentMethods of Assessment Attendance and Participation 5    Attendance and Participation 5    Assignment and Activities 5Assignment and Activities 5 Oral Exam 10Oral Exam 10 Mid Term Exam 20Mid Term Exam 20 Final Exam 60Final Exam 60 Total Total

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TextbookTextbook The Norton Anthology of English Literature,The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through theVolume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century Twentieth Century (Norton Anthology of English Literature)(Norton Anthology of English Literature) (Paperback)(Paperback)

(Editor), M. H. Abrams(Editor), M. H. Abrams

Electronic ReferencesElectronic References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

RomanticismRomanticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Romantic_poetryRomantic_poetry http://classiclit.about.com/od/http://classiclit.about.com/od/

britishromantics/a/britishromantics/a/aa_britromantic.htmaa_britromantic.htm

SyllabusSyllabus Weekly PlanWeekly Plan