From the Romantic period, covers major examples of: prose - the transition from the 19th century models to Modernist experimentation; poetry - the development of modern poetic form and the fortunes of European hermetic influence in an increasingly politicized century; and drama - examples of absurdist and left-wing drama which have dominated the British stage since the 1950s.

Code
EN2052
Name
ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Equivalencies
ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800 (CL2052)
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
EN (English)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
GE100
CAMS ID
2629
Last update with CAMS
demonstrate knowledge of the formal resources of English literature since 1800, with particular attention paid to prosody, and of the historical distribution of those resources
show a capacity to describe and analyse literary texts in relation to their formal features and historical context, informed by a basic knowledge of existing scholarship in the field, and drawing responsibly and creatively on appropriate theoretical materials