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Romantic and Victorian Poetry

Romantic and Victorian Poetry. Course Information. Course Title: Romantic and Victorian Poetry Course Number: 3214 Year: Third               Term:  Second Course Status: Compulsory Course Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Wazzan Credit Hours:   2Hours of Instruction per Week 

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Romantic and Victorian Poetry

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  1. Romantic and Victorian Poetry

  2. Course Information • Course Title: Romantic and Victorian Poetry • Course Number: 3214 • Year: Third               • Term:  Second • Course Status: Compulsory Course Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Wazzan • Credit Hours:   2Hours of Instruction per Week  • Course Symbol   2- 2503325 • Time: 5- 6-Sunday • Room: B 12 • Office Hours: Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, 9-11

  3. Course Aims and Objectives • 1- The focus will be on the prominent poets of the Romantic and Victorian Ages • 2-The works of the poets are examined in the context of the poems as well as their historical, literary and aesthetic backgrounds. • 3-Students will develop a facility in discussing literary techniques and devices with an emphasis on the power and qualities of effective language. • 4- Features particular to the two ages that define them as different from others are to be a source of focus

  4. Course Contents: • Romantic Age • Victorian Age

  5. Romantic Age • 1-Concise historical background • 2-Outstanding features • 3-Philosophy and Terminology that distinguished the age from others • 4-Representative Poets • A-Early Romantics: • Burns, Scott, Wordsworth • B-Later Romantics: • Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats

  6. Victorian Age • 1-Concise historical background • 2-Outstanding features • 3-Philosophy and Terminology that distinguished the age from others • 4-Representative Poets • Alfred Lord Tennyson • Robert Browning • Elizabeth Barrett Browning • Matthew Arnold, Gerard Manley Hopkins

  7. Methods of Assessment • Attendance and Participation 5    • Assignment and Activities 5 • Oral Exam 10 • Mid Term Exam 20 • Final Exam 60 • Total 100

  8. Textbook • The Norton Anthology of English Literature, • Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the • Twentieth Century • (Norton Anthology of English Literature) • (Paperback) • (Editor), M. H. Abrams

  9. Electronic References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_poetry • http://classiclit.about.com/od/britishromantics/a/aa_britromantic.htm

  10. Syllabus • Weekly Plan

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