MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ENH2550

Romanticism and revolution

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

M Ackland

Synopsis The aim of this subject is to introduce students to some of the key issues raised by romanticism, to place these firmly in their historical context, and to trace their evolution. In particular, we shall consider visions of social reform and individual liberation, the problematic position of women, and the impact of major romantic traditions in the New World.

Assessment Tutorial paper and participation (1000 words): 20% + Essay (1500 words): 30% + Essay (3000 words): 50%

Preliminary reading

• Hazard P European thought in the eighteenth century Penguin

Prescribed texts

• Blake W Selected poetry and prose Modern Library
• Clarke M Stories Hale and Iremonger
• Hoffmann E T A Tales of Hoffmann Penguin
• Hugo V Notre-Dame de Paris Penguin
• Harpur C Selected poetry and prose Penguin
• Poe E A The fall of the House of Usher Penguin or Signet
• Tasma A Sydney sovereign Angus and Robertson
• Thoreau H Walden and civil disobedience Penguin
• Wollstonecraft M Mary and the Wrongs of woman OUP

Recommended texts

• Butler M Romantics, rebels and reactionaries OUP
• Hampson N The Enlightenment Penguin