Teaching Romanticism This survey should be downloaded to your desktop before viewing – to download right click and choose ‘Save Target As’ then save to your PC – however you must have an internet connection active when viewing the presentation to access the hyperlinked response data. As part of the conference organised in conjunction with the English Subject Centre on ‘Teaching Romanticism’, which took place in London 17–18 March 2006, Romanticists across the UK were asked to fill in a questionnaire about the way that they taught Romanticism in their institution.

Question 1 Name –Response – not available in this presentation

Question 2 Address –Response – not available in this presentation

Question 3 Institution name –ResponseResponse

Question 4 Are you happy to have any comment you make on this questionnaire attributed to you personally when the results of the questionnaire are published and discussed? –Response – not available in this presentation

Question 5 Please confirm that a Romanticism module is taught in your institution –Response – not available in this presentation

Question 6 Title of Romanticism module –ResponseResponse

Level of Module Question 7

Approximate number of students Question 8

How is the module taught? Question 9

Is the module team taught? Question 10

Is it compulsory for students to take this module Question 11

Do you expect your students to have completed any other module before they begin this one? (i.e. are there any pre- requisites?) –Response No= 40 Yes= 38 Please specifyPlease specify Question 12

Do you ask the students to use an anthology for the module? Other Please specify Question 13

Are there any other core/set texts used on the module? –No =20 –Yes =55 Please SpecifyPlease Specify Question 14

If you do use an anthology of Romantic literature is it sufficient for your needs? Question 15

Are there specific texts / authors / genres / areas that are not sufficiently dealt with by any single anthology? –No -16 –Yes - 52 Please SpecifyPlease Specify Question 16

Are all the texts you wish to look at currently in print? –Yes - 44 –No – 29 - please list any texts you have trouble obtaining Listplease list any texts you have trouble obtaining List Question 17

Would you consider that primarily, you teach the module: Other Please specify Question 18

Do you in practice use a combination of these approaches in your teaching? Question 19

Do you teach historically? If so which historical period is covered? Other Please specify Question 20

Is the module linked to other period modules? –No – 36 –Yes – 36 - Please SpecifyPlease Specify Question 21

Do you pay attention to the Biography of authors Question 22

Do you teach thematically? –No - 14 –Yes Please specify main themesPlease specify main themes Question 23

Do you teach with the attention to the form or genre of the texts studied? If so, which genres are covered? (You may tick as many boxes as apply.) Other Please specify Question 24

Do you teach theoretically? If so, which are the main theoretical approaches used? Other Please specify Question 25

Or, do you teach using another approach? –No - 38 –Yes – 18 - please specifyplease specify Question 26

Please indicate how much attention is given to each of the following ‘big six’ authors. Question 27

Do you teach any plays (including closet drama) on the module? –ResponseResponse Question 28

Please indicate how much attention is given to each of the following authors. –ResponseResponse Question 29

Are there authors not mentioned in this list (see Question 29) whom you teach? –No – 26 –Yes– 42 - Please SpecifyPlease Specify Question 30

Do you teach any non-fictional Romantic- period texts on the module? Question 31

Could these be categorised as (You may tick as many boxes as apply) Question 32

My teaching on this module has been influenced very much by my research Further comments Question 33

I have tailored the module to reflect my research interests. Further comments Question 34

I think it is unnecessary for teaching to be influenced by an individual’s research. Further Comments Question 35

I think it is inappropriate for teaching to be influenced by an individual’s research. Further Comments Question 36

I think it is impractical for teaching to be influenced by an individual’s research. Further Comments Question 37

I regard my research as too specialised/difficult for it to play a role in my teaching Further Comments Question 38

Students expect their tutor’s research to feature in the module they are taught. Further Comments Question 39

Do you use any electronic resources in your teaching? Other (please specify) Question 40

If you use author websites in your teaching, which ones do you use Other (please specify) Question 41

On this module do you teach any literature from: Scotland Yes (please specify) Question 42

On this module do you teach any literature from: Ireland Yes (please specify) Question 43

On this module do you teach any literature from: Wales Yes (please specify) Question 44

On this module do you teach any literature from: United States Yes (please specify) Question 45

On this module do you teach any literature from: Mainland Europe Yes (please specify) Question 46

On this module do you teach any literature from: anywhere else other than England. Yes (please specify) Question 47

Do you think that you cover the following themes/ideas in your module? Other (please Specify) Question 48

Does you module extend beyond the period usually defined as Romantic (i.e. before1770 after 1830) Other (please specify) Question 49

Would you consider your module to be interdisciplinary. Question 50

Is there anything about your module that you think is particularly noteworthy / unusual / new that you would like to tell us about? –ResponsesResponses Question 51

Are there any particular ways in which you feel the module could be improved, recognising that improvement may be beyond your means or control? Yes (please specify) Question 52

How is the module assessed? (You may tick as many boxes as apply.) By other means (please specify) Question 53

If you offer an undergraduate dissertation module in your department, could you estimate what percentage of students taking the dissertation choose to write on literature of the Romantic period? –Response was an average of around 9% Question 54

Do you have any PhD students writing on Romantic topics? If so, approximately how many? –Approx total of 63 PhD students identified writing on Romantic topics nationally Question 55

If you are happy to send a list of the lecture or seminar topics covered on the module, or any other information about it, this can be pasted into this text box. –Response not available Question 56

If you have any further comments that you would like to add on the subjects covered by this questionnaire, please add them here –ResponsesResponses Question 57