| Unit name | Keats |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGL30102 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Pite |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences |
The module covers the range of Keats's writing, including the letters, paying particular attention to 'Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil' and 'The Fall of Hyperion'. As well as directing attention to his development and influences, it looks at Keats's reception history (in relation to editorial practice, biographical constructions and critical re-readings); the emblematic and exemplary quality of that reception history is used to raise questions about key-terms like romanticism, the poet, and the literary.
Aims:
The unit aims to discuss work from across the range of Keatss output, to consider his development, his and his works cultural moment and their meaning(s) within literary history.
On completion of the module students will be expected to be able to:
1 x 2 hour seminar per week in one teaching block, plus 1-to-1 discussion in Consultation Hours where desired.
1 Short Essay (2000 words max) and 1 Long Essay (4000 words max), both summative.
Primary texts:
an annotated complete edition of Keatss poems (either ed. John Barnard, Penguin, 1977, or ed. Miriam Allott, Longman Annotated English Poets, 1970), an edition of Keatss letters (ed. Robert Gittings, OUP or Hyder Rollins, Harvard UP) plus an anthology of Romantic period poetry.
Secondary Texts:
