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    This document provides an overview of an English literature survey course covering the Romantic period, Victorian age, and 20th century. It will closely read influential literary works from these eras alongside investigating their historical contexts. It also examines how literature has shaped understanding of culture and society. The course uses the Norton Anthology of English Literature and pairs readings with related films. It provides a schedule of authors and works to be covered each week along with assessment breakdown.

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    HL1003

    SURVEY 2
    GRAHAM MATTHEWS
    OVERVIEW
    Survey of English Literature II provides an introduction to the
    most influential and important literary works from the
    Romantic period, the Victorian age, and the Twentieth
    Century. The course combines close reading of primary texts
    alongside detailed investigation into their historical and
    cultural contexts. The study of canonical texts alongside major
    film adaptations offers insight into the ways in which literature
    has developed and defined our understanding of culture and
    society in the world today.

    Course Text: Norton Anthology of


    English Literature, 9th edn. Vol. 2
    New York: Norton, 2012. ISBN: 978-0393912487

    THE ROMANTIC PERIOD


    1. Samuel Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (443); Kubla
    Khan (459)
    2. William Wordsworth: Tintern Abbey (288); The Thorn (282); A
    slumber did my spirit seal (307)
    FILM: Pandaemonium (Julian Temple, 2000)
    3. Percy Shelley: Ozymandias (776); Ode to the West Wind (791); To a
    Sky-Lark (834)
    4. John Keats: Bright Star (922); Ode to a Nightingale (927); Ode on a
    Grecian Urn (930)
    FILM: Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

    THE VICTORIAN AGE


    5. Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market (1496)
    6. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (online)
    FILM: Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney, 1951)
    7. Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    (1677)
    8. Recess Week
    9. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1733)
    FILM: The Importance of Being Earnest (Oliver Parker, 2002)

    TWENTIETH CENTURY
    10. Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen: The General (2024); Glory of
    Women (2025); Anthem for Doomed Youth (2034); Dulce Et Decorum
    Est (2037); Futility (2039)
    11. Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway (2155)
    FILM: The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002)
    12. John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse (online)
    13. Ian McEwan, Enduring Love (3013)
    FILM: Enduring Love (Roger Michell, 2004)
    14. Revision and Tutorials

    ASSESSMENT
    1. Coursework Essay: 40%
    2. Participation Grade: 10%
    3. Final Exam: 50%

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