18th and 19th Century English Literature

Code:

LLC091

Acronym:

LITING

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	0	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	36	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	0	Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This programme is based on the study of 18th and 19th century’s English literature, with a special emphasis on the relationship between poetry and critical essays.

Program

CONTENTS
I – Romanticism
1.4.Contexts
1.5.Essay
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
S.T. Coleridge (1772-1834)
Biographia Literaria (excerpts)
P.B. Shelley (1792-1822)
A Defence of Poetry
John Keats (1795-1821)
The Letters (excerpts)
1.6.Poetry
W.Wordsworth ,S. T. Coleridge P. B. Shelley, J. Keats.
2. Victorianism
2.1 Contexts
2.2. Essay:
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Preface to the First Edition of Poems
Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Essay on Shelley (excerpts)
J.S. Mill (1806-1873)
The Two Kinds of Poetry
2. 3. Poetry
A.Tennyson, M. Arnold, A.H. Clough, E.B. Browning, Christina Rossetti (among others)
3. The Nineties
3.1. Contexts
3.2. Essay
Walter H. Pater (1839-1894)
‘Preface’ e ‘Conclusion’, The Renaissance
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
The Critic as Artist
A.Symons (1865-1945)
The Symbolist Movement in Literature (excerpts)
2.3. Poetry
A.C.Swinburne (1837-1909) – ‘Laus Veneris’ (among other texts)

Mandatory literature

Arnold, Matthew; 'Preface to the First Edition of Poems, 1853'. A Victorian Reader, Ed Peter Faulkner,London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1989
Browning, Robert; 'From Essay on Shelley', A Victorian Reader, Ed. Peter Faulkner. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1989
Coleridge, S.T.; 'Biographia Literaria', English Critical Texts, Ed. D.J. Enright & Ernest de Chickera, OUP, 1985
Keats, John; 'From the Letters'. English Critical texts, Ed. D.J. Enright & Ernest de Chickera, OUP, 1985
Mill, J.S.; 'The Two Kinds of Poetry', A Victorian Reader, Ed. Peter Faulkner. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1989
Pater, Walter; 'Preface' ,The Renaissance, Studies in Art and Poetry, Ed. Adam Philips, OUP, 1986
Pater, Walter; 'Conclusion' The Renaissance, Studies in Art & Poetry, Ed. Adam Philips, OUP, 1986
Shelley, P.B.; 'A Defence of Poetry', English Critical Texts, Ed. D.J. Enright & Ernest de Chickera, OUP, 1985
Symons, A.; 'The Symbolist Movement in Literature'. Strangeness and Beauty: An Anthology of Aesthetic Criticism, 1840-1910, vol2, Ed E. Warner & G. Hough, CUP, 1983
Wilde, Oscar; 'The Critic as Artist'. The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, London: Collins, 1990
Wordsworth, William; 'Preface to Lyrical Ballads'. English Critical Texts, Ed. D.J. Enright & Ernest de Chickera, OUP, 1985

Teaching methods and learning activities

TEACHING PROCEDURES
Theoretical classes – theoretical exposition of topics addressed.
Practical classes – practical application of the knowledge acquired; text analysis.
Tutorials

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Exam	Exame	2,00		2012-07-14
Research Essay	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2012-07-14
Study & exercise	Exame	73,00		2012-07-14
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency of 75% of classes with exception of special cases defined by law

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Exam: 70%
Essay or Research Project - 30%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to evaluation rules

Classification improvement

According to evaluation rules

Observations

Language of instruction: portuguese