Description:

A comprehensive, advanced introduction to the groundbreaking literature in Britain from 1785-1825. Emphasis on representative poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, with selected readings from other poets, prose writers, and dramatists of the period. Primary readings are balanced with critical essays from the most recent (2010) edition of the authoritative Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism to represent current topics of interest to scholars in America and Britain.. 

Restrictions = MA or advanced BA standing

Learning Outcomes:

• recognize the features of literary Romanticism
  
• formulate useful questions and cogent arguments about Romantic literature
• express literary interpretations in focused, coherent writing
• situate literature within cultural, historical contexts
  
• evaluate current criticism independently

Required Texts: NCSU Bookstore

Wu, Duncan, ed. Romanticism An Anthology. 3rd ed. Malden: Blackwell, 2006. Print. $45 used

Curran, Stuart, ed. Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2010. Print. $30 new

• Romantic Circles http://www.rc.umd.edu/
• Romantic Chronology http://www.english.ucsb.edu:591/rchrono/
• The Voice of the Shuttle, Romanticism pages  http://vos.ucsb.edu/  --> literature (in English)--> Romantics-->  a wealth of links to many resources

• attendance 10%
  
• Participation: 10%  (preparation, consistency, contribution to discussions )
  
• close-reading paper 15%
• Leading-off Class Discussion / Evaluating others doing same 15%
  
• 1200-word review of criticism 15%
  
• research proposal 10%
  
• final research paper, 12-15 pp.  25%
  

Late papers are accepted only one class late, and with full grade penalty. Any papers arriving later than that will not be accepted. Papers are due at the start of class, in class, printed out on paper.

How I Figure Your Grades

You must complete all the required work to pass the class. No opting out of assigned work.  I will grade plus/minus.

Percentages for each required graded category are figured via a percentage of a 12-pt. scale in which an A+ =12 and
an F=0 points. For example, a B+ on paper 1 (close-reading) would net you 9 x .15 or 1.35 points toward the final 12.  Or, a C in participation nets you 5 x .10 or .5, an A on the final paper  nets you 11 x .25 or 2.75 points.
I then add up the percentage points for each required category to determine your grade from 0 to 12.  For example, an 8.0 through 8.9 final score = B for the class. Between x.0-3 I may curve down, and between x.7-9 I may curve up.

Expected participation: come to class on time, with the appropriate texts, having read and thought about them enough to have something specific and intelligent to say or write about them. There will be quizzes to check that you are doing the readings.

Academic Integrity Assumption
Universities are unique communities committed to creating and transmitting knowledge. They depend on freedom - individuals' freedom to explore ideas and to explore and further their own capabilities. Those freedoms depend on the good will and responsible behavior of all the members of the community, who must treat each other with tolerance and respect. They must allow each other to develop the full range of their capabilities and take full advantage of the institution's resources.