Erste Vorlesung: 23. Oktober 2012
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The nineteenth century was a Golden age of British poetry. The poetry written in this century, both in terms of excellent quality and in terms of excessive quantity, is second to none in literary history. The nineteenth century saw some of the most radical changes in the history of Britain and of Western societies in general, and these changes were also being negotiated in the poetry of the age. The most common labels of the century's poetry are 'Romantic' and 'Victorian' poetry - and we will of course discuss these. Other topics to be discussed are: the reactions to the rapid industrialization and urbanization, the self-fashioning of the poets, formal experiments and developments, the glorification and fear of the French Revolution, the (re)formulation of love and gender roles, nonsense-poetry, the crisis of religious faith, Victorian medievalism, the aestheticist movement, the 'Nineties and the poetry of empire.
Texts:
Stephen Greenblatt et al, eds, The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ninth Edition. Package 2: Volumes D, E, F. New York: Norton, 2012. ISBN 9780393913019
Diese Vorlesung ist innerhalb der neuen Studiengänge für folgende Module verwendbar:
Neue Lehrämter: Literatur und Kultur Vertiefung
Literatur und Kultur Hauptfach - BA
Literatur und Kultur Nebenfach - BA
Britische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft - MA
Britische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft Hauptfach - MA |
