Literature Of The Romantic Period

1. Define Romanticism and its key characteristics.
2. Identify major Romantic writers and their works.
3. Analyze the themes and motifs in Romantic literature.
4. Connect Romantic literature to its historical and social context.
5. Compare and contrast different Romantic writers and their styles.

13 weeks, about 26 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Understanding Romanticism

   • Unit 1: Periods in the History of English Literature · 2 hours

     Read the introduction to English literary history.. Understand the chronological order of literary periods.. Identify key events and literary works of each period..

2. Week 2Module 1: Understanding Romanticism

   • Unit 2: What is Romanticism? · 2 hours

     Define Romanticism and its key characteristics.. Explore the historical and intellectual context of the movement.. Identify the reasons for the emergence of Romanticism..

3. Week 3Module 1: Understanding Romanticism

   • Unit 3: Characteristics and Features of Romanticism · 2 hours

     Discuss the characteristic features of Romantic literature.. Analyze the principles that informed the Romantic approach to literature.. Examine the themes and motifs prevalent in Romantic works..

4. Week 4Module 1: Understanding Romanticism

   • Unit 4: Themes of Romantic Literature · 2 hours

     Identify the major themes explored in Romantic literature.. Analyze the thematic preoccupations of Romantic writers.. Discuss the social and political issues addressed in their works..

5. Week 5Module 2: Romanticism and Thoughts about it

   • Unit 1: The Romantic Manifesto–Preface to Lyrical Ballads · 2 hours

     Analyze Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads as a Romantic manifesto.. Identify the guiding principles of English Romanticism.. Discuss the type of language suitable for good poetry according to Wordsworth..

6. Week 6Module 2: Romanticism and Thoughts about it

   • Unit 2: Criticisms against Romanticism · 2 hours

     Identify claims against Romanticism as a literary movement.. Critique these claims and understand counterarguments.. Discuss the subjective portrayal of nature and the extremism of some Romantic writers..

7. Week 7Module 3: The Works of Romantic Poets

   • Unit 1: The Works of William Blake · 2 hours

     Explore the works of William Blake.. Identify the themes in Blake's poetry and his use of symbols.. Comment on Blake as a social critic and his unique poetic style..

8. Week 8Module 3: The Works of Romantic Poets

   • Unit 2: The Works of William Wordsworth · 2 hours

     Examine the poetry of William Wordsworth.. Identify themes, presentation of nature, and revolutionary elements.. Analyze the presentation of rustic life in Wordsworth's poetry..

9. Week 9Module 3: The Works of Romantic Poets

   • Unit 3: The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 2 hours

     Study the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.. Comment on Coleridge's unique style and themes.. Examine Coleridge as a pantheist and his use of the supernatural..

10. Week 10MODULE 3

    • Unit 1: THE WORKS OF JOHN KEATS · 2 hours

      Explore the works of John Keats.. Identify themes in Keats' poetry and his focus on beauty and mortality.. Discuss what makes Keats typical of the Romantic movement..

11. Week 11MODULE 3

    • Unit 2: THE WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY · 2 hours

      Study the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.. Examine Shelley as a Romantic revolutionary.. Comment on the themes in Shelley's poetry and his radical views..

12. Week 12MODULE 3

    • Unit 3 THE WORKS OF GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON · 2 hours

      Explore the works of George Gordon Lord Byron.. Identify themes in Byron's poetry and his Byronic hero.. Discuss what makes Byron typical of the Romantic movement..

13. Week 13MODULE 3

    • Unit 4 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOME ROMANTIC POEMS · 2 hours

      Compare and contrast the works of different Romantic poets.. Examine the shades of thought in Romantic poetry.. Discuss the staple themes of Romanticism and their variations..