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Module Title	19th Century:Romanticism and Victorianism
Module Code	LIT5
School	Oscail
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Module Co-ordinator	Mr James Brunton	Office Number	D102
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	15
Pre-requisite	LIT1
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

Starting with the work of writers inspired by the revolutionary fervour of the late eighteenth century this module concludes with the texts which emerged from the industrial revolution in the Victorian era.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically analyse the principal characteristics of Romantic and Victorian literatures and analyse how social, political and historical forces contributed to them
2. Compare and contrast, in a critical manner, the ways in which male and female writers responded to social and political developments during the Romantic and Victorian periods
3. Critically assess the concept of Romantic subjectivity and illustrate it with reference to contemporary poetry and fiction
4. Distinguish between the ideas of the first and second generation Romantic writers and account for the differences
5. Critically evaluate how and why Gothic writers created their own responses to Romanticism
6. Critically appraise Victorian writers' responses to the industrial revolution and the emergence of new scientific theories and discoveries
7. Critically evaluate how Victorian writers explored the place of the individual in society
8. Critically analyse Victorian writers' obsession with personality disorders
9. Critically assess the major theatrical innovations introduced during the Victorian period

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Tutorial	15	No Description
On-line learning	15	No Description
Independent learning time	345	No Description
Total Workload: 375

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Part 1: Romanticism.
Unit 1: Romanticism and the Age of Revolution.

Unit 2: William Blake: Songs of Innocence and Experience.
Unit 3: Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Unit 4: The Hero: Subjectivity and Self-fashioning in Romantic Writing.
Unit 5: Romantic Struggles and Desires: The Poetry of Keats and Shelley.

Unit 6: Romanticism And The Gothic: Coleridge And Mary Shelley.
Unit 7: Gender and Romanticism.

Unit 8: Jane Austen and Romantic Writing.
Unit 9: Review of Romanticism.

Part 2: Victorianism.
Unit 13: Victorianism: Contexts I.

Unit 14: Victorianism: Contexts II.
Unit 15: The Plight Of The Individual: Mill And Dickens.

Unit 16: The Gendering Of Individual: Women’s Roles In Victorian Society.
Unit 17: Victorian Writers And Religion: Carlyle, Newman, Miall And Mann.

Unit 18: Faith, Doubt, And The Rise Of Science: Tennyson’s In Memoriam.
Unit 19: Challenging The Status Quo: Collins’s The Woman In White.

Unit 20: Victorian Drama I: Dion Boucicault – Farce And Sensation Drama.
Unit 21: Victorian Drama II: Dion Boucicault – Irish Melodrama.

Unit 22: The Challenges of Aestheticism and Decadence: Wilde’s Dorian Gray.
Unit 23: The Instability of Identity: Tevenson’s Jekyll And Hyde.

Unit 24: The Victorians and Empire.
Unit 25: Review of Victorianism.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	50%	Examination Weight	50%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	Assessment takes a variety of forms, including essays, reports, learning journals, presentations and group assignments.	50%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable

Indicative Reading List

M.H. Abrams et al., eds.: 2006, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 8th Edition, W.W. Norton and Co.,
J.M. Golby, ed.: 1988, Culture and Society in Britain 1850-1890: A Source Book of Contemporary Writings, Oxford University Press.,
Charles Dickens: 0, Hard Times, ed. Paul Schlicke, Oxford University Press,
George Elliot: 0, Middlemarch, ed. David Carroll, Oxford University Press,
Mary Shelley: 0, Frankenstein, Ed by J. Paul Hunter, Norton Critical Edition,
0: This booklist is too long to present all of it here. Please consult moodle for the other readings and online resources.,

Other Resources

None

Programme or List of Programmes

Diploma/BA in Humanities

BAEH

Diploma/BA in English & History

BASM

BA Single Module

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