Liberal Arts Elective for B.Ed. III – Spring Semester 2015-16
EH4278 Romantic Literature –
Weeks 1 - 6
Dr Donna Mitchell
Weeks 7 – 12
Dr Deirdre Flynn
Lectures as follows:
Monday
12.00 p.m.
T208
Monday
1.00 p.m.
T208
Tutorials:
Tuesday
4.00 p.m.
M3
Tuesday
5.00 p.m.
M3
An overview of the period is provided, stressing the contrasts to the previous paradigm of neoclassical writing, and also examining the on-going socio-cultural climate of the Enlightenment. The
main stylistic and ideological trends are rehearsed. Tropes and metaphors that are specific to
Romantic writing are examined and critiqued.
The first section of the course January 25th to March 4th (Weeks 1-6) will over the following material:
 Selection of Romantic prose essays including extracts from Mary Wollstonecraft’s A
Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) and William Godwin’s An Enquiry into Political
Justice (1793).
 Selection of Romantic poets all of which will be available in the Norton Anthology Vol. 2.
(Students are asked not to purchase this text until after the first class as Dr Mitchell will also
make this material available to students on the LAN).
The second section of the course March 7th April 22nd (Weeks 7-12) will cover Romantic fiction: The
core texts will be:
 Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764)
 Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1847)
 Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart (1843)
(Again students are asked not to purchase texts as they will be available as etexts on the LAN.)
Assessment procedures for EH4278:
Tutorials will begin in Week 3. Up to 10% of the total final grade will be awarded to each student
attending the tutorial who can demonstrate his/her knowledge of the assigned tutorial material to
the satisfaction of the tutor. Those attending the tutorial without knowing the assigned material will
get no marks.
An essay worth 50% of the total final grade will be set in the lecture in week 6 based on the material
covered. There will be a roll call and students must be personally present.
This essay, typed and set in the proper academic format, must be handed in personally at the Arts
Office (RG1) before 4.00 p.m. on Friday 18th March. You will also be required to submit an
electronic copy to Turnitin (instructions will be given on the essay question paper).
GENERAL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT RULE: Late essays: (a) if submitted within 24 hours of the above
deadline, the essay will forfeit one University grade below the grade awarded the essay by the
lecturer; (b) if submitted within 48 hours of the above deadline, the essay will forfeit two University
grades below the grade awarded the essay by the lecturer. (c) If not submitted within 48 hours of
the above deadline, the essay will not be accepted for grade.
The remaining 40% of the total final grade based on the material covered will be allocated as
follows:
An in-class test worth 40% of the total final grade will take place in week 12 where students will be
asked to answer one question in 45 minutes.