Study Guide
Faculty of Language Studies A210B: The Romantic Period
Course Guide
&
Course Support Materials
Prepared for the course team by Nora Tomlinson and Sue Asbee, and
Adapted & enlarged by Jessica Davies and Ibrahim Dawood
© Copyright Arab Open University 2008
A210B Course Kit
[6 Items]
The following list totalling 6 items show the learning/teaching materials required for A210B: The Romantic Period. Make sure you receive all items upon registering in the course:
I. One Course Guide * Course Guide and Course Support Materials [this booklet]
II. One Course book, published by the Open University. It contains teaching materials and includes extracts from relevant critical writings and/or literary texts. * Romantic Writings edited by Stephen Bygrave, OU 2004.
III. Set texts: * Romantic Writings: An Anthology (Vols 1 and 2) edited by W.R. Owens and Hamish Johnson, OU 2004.
IV. One Casette * AC 02, Romantic Poetry
V. One Genre Guide: * Approaching Poetry, prepared by Sue Asbee and adapted by Jessica Davies, OU 2004.
Preface
Dear Student,
This is an adapted and updated Course Guide which you should find useful. It provides you with an overall view of A210B: The Romantic Period
You should read this Course Guide before you go to your first tutorial. Of special importance is to know the Course Learning/Teaching materials. Please make sure that you receive all materials including the ACs. The course team places particular importance on the ACs which explores ways of reading and analysing Romantic Poetry works. It is a good idea to listen to it as you are reading the poems.
As you should know A210: Approaching Literature is now offered as two independent courses
First Course: A210A: The Realist Novel & Shakespeare and the Canon.
Second Course: A210B: The Romantic Period
Other aspects of this course that you should know before going to your first
Course Guide
&
Course Support Materials
Prepared for the course team by Nora Tomlinson and Sue Asbee, and
Adapted & enlarged by Jessica Davies and Ibrahim Dawood
© Copyright Arab Open University 2008
A210B Course Kit
[6 Items]
The following list totalling 6 items show the learning/teaching materials required for A210B: The Romantic Period. Make sure you receive all items upon registering in the course:
I. One Course Guide * Course Guide and Course Support Materials [this booklet]
II. One Course book, published by the Open University. It contains teaching materials and includes extracts from relevant critical writings and/or literary texts. * Romantic Writings edited by Stephen Bygrave, OU 2004.
III. Set texts: * Romantic Writings: An Anthology (Vols 1 and 2) edited by W.R. Owens and Hamish Johnson, OU 2004.
IV. One Casette * AC 02, Romantic Poetry
V. One Genre Guide: * Approaching Poetry, prepared by Sue Asbee and adapted by Jessica Davies, OU 2004.
Preface
Dear Student,
This is an adapted and updated Course Guide which you should find useful. It provides you with an overall view of A210B: The Romantic Period
You should read this Course Guide before you go to your first tutorial. Of special importance is to know the Course Learning/Teaching materials. Please make sure that you receive all materials including the ACs. The course team places particular importance on the ACs which explores ways of reading and analysing Romantic Poetry works. It is a good idea to listen to it as you are reading the poems.
As you should know A210: Approaching Literature is now offered as two independent courses
First Course: A210A: The Realist Novel & Shakespeare and the Canon.
Second Course: A210B: The Romantic Period
Other aspects of this course that you should know before going to your first
References: Spencer, J. (1986) The Rise of the Woman Novelist: From Aphra Behn to Jane Austen, Oxford, Blackwell. Wellek, R. (1963) ‘The concept of Romanticism in literary history’, in Nichols, S.G. (ed.) Concepts of Criticism, London, Yale University Press. FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES A210A/B TMA COVER FORM (2012/2013)