Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Anglisztika Tanszék
- Kód
- BMI-ANGD17-CI4aE.01
- Cím
- 18. századi költészet és poétika - alapvetések és perspektívák: neoklasszicista költészet
- Tervezett félév
- Őszi
- ECTS
- 3
- Nyelv
- Oktatás célja
- The aim of the course is to acquaint students with some central works and authors of English neoclassical (or “Augustan”) poetry, and to indicate how studying neoclassicism can be helpful for developing systematic and historical understandings of literature.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- This course focuses on what is also known as “Augustan” literature, and offers an introduction to some of its central works. We will discuss some intellectual contexts, such as the debate of the “ancients and moderns,” and the meanings of the labels “Augustan” and “Neoclassical.” The class discussions will be conducted through readings of particular works, though which students will also be introduced to some of the important generic and stylistic conventions of the poetry of the late-17th and early-18th centuries.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Students will have to read works on a weekly basis and be prepared o discuss them in class. Regular reading and participation is required. Students are to hand in an end-term essay that discusses a chosen poem and that contains at least five critical references. Assessment is based on work throughout the term (reading, attendance, participation in discussions) and the quality of the end-term essay.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Dryden: “Astrae Redux”; “Macflecknoe”; “Absalom and Achitophel”; Pope: from “Essay on Criticism”; “The Rape of the Lock”; from “Essay on Man”; from “Imitations of Horace”; Swift: from “A Tale of a Tub”; „The Lady’s Dressing Room,” from „Cadenus and Vanessa”; „Verses on the Death of Dr Swift.” Further texts for discussion and suggested critical sources will be announced at the first seminar, where students will also be invited to suggest works they are interested in.