GRADO

GUA DE ESTUDIO DE LA ASIGNATURA

2 PARTE | PLAN DE TRABAJO Y ORIENTACIONES PARA SU DESARROLLO

2013-2014

M Teresa Gonzlez Mnguez y Ddac Llorens Cubedo

(Equipo Docente)
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS INGLESES: LENGUA, LITERATURA Y CULTURA

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1.- WORK PLAN
Literatura Inglesa II: Ilustracin, Romanticismo y poca Victoriana is divided into SEVEN STUDY UNITS (see
TABLE 1 below), each one covering between two and three weeks. In general terms, the Units follow a
chronological order. Successful completion of Literatura Inglesa II will give you 10 ECTS, or the equivalent
of 250 study hours spread over the whole academic year.
Each Unit includes texts by critical and literary authors included in the Norton Anthology of English Literature,
vols. I & II, together with three separate novels (there being two other novels whose reading is optional), as
well as selected chapters from the course text book, English Literature in Context. All texts are explored
through related exercises or activities. These activities can be used in tutorials, group discussions (face-toface or online) or for the purposes of self-assessment. The curso virtual will provide you with the answers.
Each Unit will be organized as follows:
OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN PERIODS + AUTHORS
- Reading of theoretical introductions + self-assessment questions
STUDY OF PRIMARY SET TEXTS
- Reading of primary texts + self-assessment questions

2.- STUDY GUIDELINES AND TIME MANAGEMENT

A number of learning outcomes are common to all units:

General grasp of literary contexts

A sense of the historical evolution of English literature

Familiarity with readings from relevant authors

Ability to analyse introductory and theoretical texts and answer questions on them in English

Familiarity with literary texts in English

Ability to read/analyse literary texts in English from differing critical and cultural perspectives

Ability to write in English about literary texts from differing critical and cultural perspectives

General familiarity with concepts and vocabulary in English associated with critical reading and commentary

Ability to avoid plagiarism and express original ideas and arguments

TABLES 1 & 2 below give you a breakdown of specific learning outcomes and activities. A suggested plan for
distributing and managing your time is also included (the February exam period is not taken into
consideration). Study hours devoted to the various activities will necessarily vary depending on the length and
difficulty of the reading material, though you should aim to keep to the number of hours indicated for each
entire unit.

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TABLE 1
UNIT NUMBER
AND TITLE
1
The Turn of the Century: From
Comedy to Satire (1690-1780)

2
The Rise of the Novel:
Literature and Socialization

3
Pre-Romantic and Gothic
Echoes/Contributions:
Imagination and Improbability

4
Women Novelists and the
Transformation of Fiction:
Feminizing Culture

LEARNING OUTCOMES
SPECIFIC TO EACH UNIT
Demarcating satire as a literary figure, genre or
mode.
Distinguishing how satire is used in verse, prose
and drama.
Connecting the use of satire with a specific political /
social situation.
Identifying the defining traits of two important
genres: the satirical pamphlet and the ballad opera.
Becoming aware of the importance of journalism in
18th century England.
Realising the weight of classical references in 18th
century English literature.
Learning about the social context in which the
modern English novel appeared.
Recognising how the trend of sensibility influenced
18th century fiction.
Judging Defoes Moll Flanders as a good example
of the early English novel.
Demarcating the Gothic as a literary genre or mode.
Establising connections between Gothic fiction and
Graveyard Poetry.
Comparing Grays Elegy with neoclassical poetic
models.
Understanding why poets like Gray and Thomson
are considered pre-romantic.
Considering whether Shelleys Frankenstein is the
culimnation of the Gothic in fiction
Viewing the Gothic as an antecedent of
Romanticism.
Identifying the general characteristics and main
themes of Romantic fiction or romance.
Becoming familiar with certain 18th / 19th century
narrative texts that reflect the social situation of
women.
Studying how women novelists make their voices
heard and vindicate their rights through fiction in the
early 19th century, in England.
Examining the most relevant aspects of Jane
Austens Pride and Prejudice: characterisation, irony
and social satire.
Discussing why Elizabeth Bennet is a modern
heroine.

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FINISH
UNIT BY

Week 3 (end
of October
approx.)

Week 7 (end
of November
approx.)

Week 10 (end
of December
approx.)

Week 12 (end
of January
approx.)

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5
Poetry in an Age of
Revolution. Romanticism
(1780-1832).

6
The Victorian Age
(1832-1901):
The Victorian Novel

7
The Victorian Age
(1832-1901):
Victorian Poetry

Demarcating Romanticism as a literary genre or

mode.
Contrasting the different attitudes of English
intellectuals to the French Revolution.
Tracing the evolution of English Romantic poetry,
from Wordsworth to Keats.
Realising the relevance of Lyrical Ballads and its
Preface in literary history.
Recognising the originality of Romantic poetry,
comparing it with poetry produced in the preceding
century.
Characterising English Romantic poetry by
reference to a selection of representative poems.
Learning about the concerns of Romantic essayists.
Viewing the Victorian Age as a period of deep social
transformations.
Understanding why novelists and essayists showed
concern about the excesses of industrialisation.
Finding out why Victorian novelists were interested
in the Woman Question.
Becoming aware of the development of fiction
during the Victorian Age, a Golden Age of the
English novel.
Reading and analysing Charlotte Bronts Jane
Eyre as a prototypical Victorian novel.
Determining the extent to which the Woman
Question is present in Jane Eyre.
Comparing Jane Eyre with other important Victorian
novels (e.g. Dickens Great Expectations).
Identifying the defining traits and different trends of
Victorian poetry.
Recognising Romantic elements in Victorian poetry.
Understanding why Victorian poets were fascinated
by the past.
Analysing the interaction between the visual arts
and poetry (e.g. Tennysons poems and PreRaphaelite paintings).
Determining the extent to which the Woman
Question is present in the works of Christina
Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Considering Victorian poetic innovations, such as
Brownings dramatic monologue or Hopkins sprung
rhythm.

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Week 17 (end
of March
approx.)

Week 22 (end
of April
approx.)

Week 25 (mid
May approx.)

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TABLE 2
SECTIONS COMMON
TO UNITS 1-10

ACTIVITIES IN EACH SECTION

APPROXIMATE STUDY
HOURS NEEDED

A) Reading introductory
and theoretical texts

Reading
and
theoretical texts

B) Self-assessment
exercises

Analytical
and
comprehension 1-3 hours
exercises based on theory and
contextualization of literary texts
(Norton Anthology and English
Literature in Context)

C) Reading primary texts

Reading and understanding literary 1-15 hours, depending on whether

they are brief poems, essays or long
set texts
narrative texts

D) Self-assessment
exercises

Analytical
and
comprehension 2-3 hours
exercises on literary texts

understanding 1-4 hours

Max. total: 25 hours per unit

3.- STUDY PLAN AND COURSE PROGRAMME

3.1.- STUDY PLAN
English Literature II requires you to read closely a number of literary texts, and critical and theoretical
texts in English. Each text is further accompanied by a set of exercises based exclusively on the texts in
question. The curso virtual will provide detailed study guidelines, but below you will find an outline of the study
plan:
CRITICAL AND THEORETICAL TEXTS (INTRODUCTIONS OF THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY AND
ENGLISH LITERATURE IN CONTEXT)
You may be asked to
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read and understand an extract from a chapter or the chapter in full;

provide definitions or explanations of a number of key words;

identify the main ideas of a literary text;

answer questions on a literary text;

summarize the key points and arguments.

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LITERARY TEXTS
Here you will be asked to
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read the texts actively, establishing connections with other readings, taking notes, making sure
that you have acquired a clear understanding of them;

write a summary of what you think the text is about;

look up and provide definitions for certain terms;

answer questions on the texts literary devices, figurative language, formal aspects;

where appropriate, carry out textual commentaries.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR YOUR STUDIES

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All the compulsory texts.

The Gua de Estudio, parts I and II (available through the UNED web site and the curso virtual
aLF respectively).

A good monolingual English dictionary.

Access to the internet and the curso virtual aLF.

The commitment to use your own wordswhen completing the self-assessment exercises
and in the examand avoid plagiarism.

A minimum of an hour-and-a-half daily (including weekends!) when you know you wont be
interrupted by family, friends, colleagues, pets

3.2.- COURSE PROGRAMME

Here is a detailed breakdown of the course programme. Take into account that you will find specific
supplementary information and additional material (bibliography, web pages) in the curso virtual:
STUDY UNITS
UNIT 1. THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: FROM COMEDY TO SATIRE (1660-1780)
INTRODUCTORY AND
THEORETICAL TEXTS
English Literature
in Context
Chapter 3, The Restoration and Eighteenth Century,
1660-1780, by Lee Morrissey. Pay attention to the
information provided about all the literary authors of the
Restoration and the Enlightenment included in the
programme of this course (pp. 211-305).

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LITERARY TEXTS
The Norton Anthology
(vol. 1, 9th ed.)
Introduction to the 18th
century (pp. 2177-2205)
Introductions to Jonathan
Swift (pp. 2464-2466).

From The Norton

Anthology
(vol. 1, 9th ed.):
Jonathan Swifts
A Modest Proposal
(pp. 2633-2639).

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Introduction to Addison
and Steele (pp. 26392641).
Introductions to
Alexander Pope (pp. 26652669) and to The Rape of
the Lock (pp. 2685-2686).
Introduction to John Gay
(pp. 2787-2788)

Alexander Popes
The Rape of the
Lock (pp. 26862704).
John Gays The
Beggars Opera
(pp. 2789-2833).

Additional and detailed analyses of The Rape of the Lock and The Beggars Opera will be provided in the
curso virtual aLF.
We recommend that you do the self-assessment exercises in the curso virtual aLF.
UNIT 2. THE RISE OF THE NOVEL: LITERATURE AND SOCIALIZATION
INTRODUCTORY AND THEORETICAL TEXTS
English Literature
The Norton Anthology (vol. 1, 9th ed.)
in Context
Revise the information
Introduction to Aphra Behn (pp. 2307on the origins of the
2309).
English novel (pp. 255 Introductions to Samuel Johnson (pp.
259).
2841-2843) and Rasselas (p. 2856 Revise the section on
2857).
Samuel Johnsons
Dictionary (pp. 277-279).
Revise the section on
Aphra Behns Oroonoko
(pp. 281-285).
Revise the section on
Daniel Defoes Robinson
Crusoe (pp. 285-290).
Revise the section on
Samuel Richardsons
Clarissa (pp. 297-300).

LITERARY TEXTS
Daniel Defoes Moll Flanders. An
additional and detailed analysis of
the novel will be provided in the
curso virtual aLF.

Additional material about other significant novelists of the eighteenth century in England, together with
those concerning the important topic of Sensibility, will be provided in the curso virtual aLF.
We recommend that you do the self-assessment exercises in the curso virtual aLF.
UNIT 3. PRE-ROMANTIC
IMPROBABILITY

AND

GOTHIC

ECHOES/CONTRIBUTIONS:

INTRODUCTORY AND THEORETICAL TEXTS

English Literature
The Norton Anthology
in Context
(vol. 1 & 2, 9th ed.)
The section on The
The section on The Gothic (2, pp.
Gothic (p. 331).
584-585) and the introductory
Supplementary material
paragraphs to Horace Walpole (2, p.

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IMAGINATION

AND

LITERARY TEXTS
From The Norton Anthology
(vol. 1, 9th ed.): Thomas Grays
Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard (pp. 3051-3054).

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on the Gothic novel will
be provided in the curso
virtual aLF.
The brief reading guide
to Mary Shelleys
Frankenstein (pp. 386392).

586), Ann Radcliffe (pp. 598-599) and

Matthew Gregory Lewis (pp. 602-603).
Introductions to Thomas Gray (1, p.
3047).
Introduction to Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley (2, pp. 981-983).

Optional reading of Mary

Shelleys
Frankenstein.
An
additional and detailed analysis of
the novel will be provided in the
curso virtual aLF.

Reading guides for both Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and Frankenstein will be provided in the
curso virtual aLF.
We recommend that you do the self-assessment exercises in the curso virtual aLF.
UNIT 4. WOMEN NOVELISTS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF FICTION: FEMINIZING CULTURE
INTRODUCTORY AND THEORETICAL TEXTS
English Literature
The Norton Anthology
in Context
(vols. 1 & 2, 9thed.)
Read the section
Introductions to Frances Burney (1, pp.
Gender and Sexuality
2992-2993) Charlotte Smith (2, pp. 53(pp. 361-364).
54) and Jane Austen (2, pp. 523-525).

LITERARY TEXTS
Jane Austens Pride and
Prejudice. An additional and detailed
analysis of the novel will be provided
in the curso virtual aLF.

We recommend that you do the self-assessment exercises in the curso virtual aLF.
UNIT 5. POETRY IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION: ROMANTICISM (1780-1832)
INTRODUCTORY AND THEORETICAL TEXTS
English Literature
The Norton Anthology (vol. 2, 9th ed.)
in Context
Introductory sections of Introduction to the Romantic period
Chapter 4 (The Romantic (pp. 3-27).
Period, 1780-1832), by
Introduction to Mary Wollstonecraft (pp.
Peter Kitson (pp. 306208-211).
372, except pp. 301,
Introductions to William Blake (pp. 112361-364, included in
116), William Wordsworth (pp. 270-272),
previous units).
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (pp. 437-439),
The section on William Lord Byron (pp. 612-616), Percy Bysshe
Wordsworths Tintern
Shelley (pp. 748-751), John Keats (pp.
Abbey (pp. 372-377).
901-903).
The section on Lord Introduction to Lord Byrons Don Juan
Byrons The Giaour (pp. (pp. 672-673).
382-386).

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LITERARY TEXTS
From The Norton Anthology
(vol. 2, 9th ed.):
William Blakes Infant Joy (pp.
123-124), Infant Sorrow (p. 134)
and The Tyger (pp. 129-130).
William Wordsworths I wandered
lonely as a cloud (pp. 334-335),
Lines Composed a Few Miles above
Tintern Abbey (pp. 288-292), the
introduction to and extracts from the
Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (pp.
292-304).
Samuel Taylor Coleridges The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (pp.
443-459).
Lord Byrons stanzas 1-94 of the
Canto I of Don Juan in NA (pp. 673687).
P. B. Shelleys poems To a
Skylark (pp. 834-836) and Ode to
the West Wind (pp. 791-793).
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Nightingale (pp. 927-929), Ode to a

Grecian Urn (pp. 930-931) and To
Autumn (pp. 951).
Additional and detailed analyses of the poems listed above will be provided in the curso virtual aLF.
We recommend that you do the self-assessment exercises in the curso virtual aLF.
UNIT 6. THE VICTORIAN AGE (1832-1901): THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
INTRODUCTORY AND THEORETICAL TEXTS
LITERARY TEXTS
th
English Literature
The Norton Anthology (vol. 2, 9 ed.)
in Context
Charlotte Bronts Jane Eyre.
General introductory
Introduction to the Victorian period (pp. Optional reading of Charles
epigraphs of Chapter 5,
1017-1041).
Dickens Great Expectations.
The Victorian Age, 1832- The epigraph Industrialism: Progress
1901, by Maria Frawley
or Decline? (pp. 1580-1581).
(pp. 403-488).
Introductions to Thomas Carlyle (pp.
The section on
1044-1047), John Henry Newman (pp.
Dickenss Bleak House
1076-1078) and Matthew Arnold (pp.
(pp. 492-496).
1369-1373).
The analysis of
Introductions to Elizabeth Gaskell (pp.
Charlotte Bronts Jane
1259-1260) and George Eliot (pp. 1353Eyre (pp. 488-492).
1355).
The analysis of Robert The epigraph The Woman Question:
Louis Stevensons Dr
The Victorian Debate about Gender (pp.
Jekyll and Mr Hyde (pp.
1607-1610).
499-503).
An additional and detailed analysis of Jane Eyre will be provided in the curso virtual aLF.
We recommend that you do the self-assessment exercises in the curso virtual aLF.
UNITS 7. THE VICTORIAN AGE (1832-1901): VICTORIAN POETRY
INTRODUCTORY AND THEORETICAL TEXTS
English Literature
The Norton Anthology (vol. 2, 9th ed.)
in Context
The brief analysis of
Introduction to Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(pp. 1156-1159).
Christina Rossettis
Goblin Market (pp. 496- Introductions to Christina Rossetti (pp.
499).
1489-1490), to Elizabeth Barrett
Browning (pp. 1123-1124), Robert
Browning (pp. 1275-1278) and Gerard
Manley Hopkins (pp. 1546-1548).

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LITERARY TEXTS
From The Norton Anthology
(vol. 2, 9th ed.):
Tennysons Mariana (pp. 11591161) and The Lady of Shallot (pp.
1161-1166).
Rossettis After Death (p. 1491),
Winter: My Secret (pp. 1494-1495),
and Up-Hill (p. 1495-1496).
The extract of Book I of E. B.
Brownings Aurora Leigh entitled
The Feminine Education of Aurora
Leigh (pp. 1138-1143).
R. Brownings My Last Duchess
(pp. 1282-1283).
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Starlight Night and The Windhover
(pp. 1548-1549, 1550).
Additional and detailed analyses of the poems listed above will be provided in the curso virtual aLF.
We recommend that you do the self-assessment exercises in the curso virtual aLF.
3.3.-EVALUATION
You will be assessed in various ways by your local tutor or course supervisor throughout the course. This
continuous assessment will be based on:
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Participation in tutorials.

Participation in online discussions and activities.

Pruebas de Evaluacin Continua (two, one each term).

Final evaluation in the form of exams or pruebas presenciales (the 1st P.P. covers units 1-4
and the 2nd P.P. covers units 5-7)

You will also be able to assess yourself through:

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Self-assessment exercises; answers will be provided in the curso virtual.

Written feedback to the PECs and the final exam.

Exams from past years with their corresponding feedback documents, available through the
curso virtual aLF.

Both the exam format and the mark scheme (=criterios de evaluacin) will be made available at the
beginning of the course.

GLOSSARY
The volumes of The Norton Anthology of English Literature contain useful glossaries of literary terms for
students to look up whenever they need this kind of terminological help.

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