LALW317 Readings in British and American Romanticism 3 cr.

This course explores the literature of Romanticism from its development in England to its reverberations in America. Romantic literature was, variously, the voice of Nature, the song of the common man, the manifestation of the Sublime, the cry of emotion in extremity, the language of a transcendent God, the howl of the wilderness, and the urgent song of erotic love. We seek to hear and understand all these Romantic voices by studying important Romantic texts. Romantic prototypes that contributed to our popular culture are also a focus:- the variants of the “Romance” novel from the works of the Bronte sisters; detective and crime novels from Edgar Allan Poe’s Romantic brain. Finally, we attempt to make connections between Romantic literary styles and visual and musical art of the time.

Prerequisites: LALW200

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Culturally Diverse Content
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