We investigate thematic, formal and wider historical and cultural aspects of Victorian poetry as a symptom of the period's painful awareness of modernity. Texts studied will be chosen from a selection of writers including Arnold, Barrett-Browning, Clare, Hardy, Hopkins, Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, Tennyson, Thomson and Wilde.

Weekly Lectures and Seminars; 4 Group Workshop/Tutorials in weeks 11 and 12

Key Information Set Data:
10% Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity
90% Guided Independent Study

Networked PC
DVD/Video Projection
Library
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Armstrong Isobel Victorian Poetry - Poetry, Poetics and Politics, London (Routledge) 1993.
Benjamin Walter Charles Baudelaire - A Lyric Poet in the Era of High Capitalism, London (NLB) 1973.
Benjamin Walter The Origin of German Tragic Drama, London (Verso) 1985 (excerpts).
Foucault Michel Madness and Civilisation - A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason, London Tavistock 1967 (excerpts).
Foucault Michel What is Enlightenment? In 'The Foucault Reader', London (Penguin) 1991.
Giddens Anthony Modernity and Self Identity - Self and Society in the Late Modern Age, Cambridge, (Polity Press) 1991.
Karlin Daniel The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse London (Penguin) 1997.
Lash Scott et al. ed. Modernity and Identity, Oxford (Blackwell) 1992

Coursework Essay [Learning Outcomes 1-3 Critical Review [5]
- An ESSAY length 3000 WORDS plus CRITICAL REVIEW length 1000 words weighted at 80%.

Group Presentation weighted at 20%. [Learning Outcome 4]

Key Information Set Data:
80% Coursework
20% Practical Exam