18th and 19th Century English Literature

Code:

LLC091

Acronym:

LITING

Instance: 2015/2016 - 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
LLC	29	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LRI	0	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This programme will cover the nineteenth-century English literature, with particular emphasis on a cross reading between poetry and essay. Students should relate the three main periods of nineteenth-century English literature, so as to have a prospective interpretation of continuities and ruptures with the literature of the 20th century.

Learning outcomes and competences

In the end, students should know how to relate 19th century poems and essays so as to understand the evolution of the notion of poetry, as well as the implications on 20th century poetical theories.

Working method

Presencial

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
Lectures, with theoretical explanation of the programme, seminars, where literary texts are analysed and tutorials. Active student participation is regarded as fundamental for the course's goals. Therefore, students are encouraged to make brief oral presentations and their work is carefully accompanied during tutorials.

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	0,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	162,00
Total:	162,00

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