Romantic Literature

Romantic Literature

ENGL 340
Undergraduate
Fall/Winter 2025/2026
6 Units
In-person
6
  • ENGL 200
  • ENLG 290

N/A

one-way Exclusions
  • Jane Austen, Persuasion
  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
  • Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman
  • Romanticism: An Anthology. Fifth edition. Ed. Duncan Wu 

 **Subject to change**

This course explores the poetry, politics, and cultural transformations of the Romantic period (roughly 1789-1834). It considers the work of novelists such as Jane Austen and Mary Shelley, and of poets such as William Blake, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, and John Keats. 

Assessments

Grading Components

  • 12 unannounced quizzes (20%)
  • Participation (20%)
  • Midterm exam (25%)
  • Final exam (35%)

**Subject to change**