Undergraduate - UnitATS2422 - Literature and romanticism

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Franz-Josef Deiters

Notes

Previously coded CLS2550

Synopsis

This unit will introduce students to the new forms of representation and ways of thinking that emerged in Europe in association with the Romantic movement. It will focus in particular on Romantic reconceptualisations of literature, history and nationhood, God and nature, art and the self. Romanticism will be considered both as a revolutionary period in European history and as a continuing strand of Western culture. Writers discussed will come from various European traditions.

Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will have:

Developed a general understanding of the new ways of thinking and writing about history and nationhood, God and nature, art and the self that were articulated by European philosophers and writers associated with the Romantic movement;
Gained a more in-depth knowledge of the work of at least two Romantic philosophers and/or writers from different parts of Europe;
Become more aware of the ongoing legacy of European Romanticism in contemporary Western culture;
Continued the development of their skills in the areas of research, textual analysis and interpretation, and communication, both oral and written.