3. semestar

The course examines the poetry and prose of the British romantic period. The first half of the course focuses on the most prominent poets of the romantic period, the so-called big six: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. This section analyses the poetics of the big six by employing three fundamental concepts that formed the dominant discourse of romanticism: revolution, nature, and the sublime. Furthermore, the course will refer to numerous cultural, social and political contexts that have influenced the development of British Romanticism - the French Revolution, the campaign for the abolition of slave trade, the rise of industrial capitalism, the educational reform and contemporary discussions on religion. The second half of the course focuses on the most prominent prose writers of the romantic period - Walter Scott, Jane Austen, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. This section stresses the importance of women writers who are often neglected within the context of British Romanticism. Consequently, the second half of the course will draw inspiration from different theoretical approaches and their respective concepts in order to encourage students to critically analyze the aforementioned authors.