1. ENGLISH POETRY FROM ROMANTICS TO MODERNS

2. English Poetry from Romantics to Moderns Victorian Poetry Modern Poetry Romantic Poetry

3. ROMANTIC POETRY Introduction to Nineteenth Century : Historical background( social, economical, political and literary ) Definition of Romanticism. Study of major poets: William Blake, T.S.Coleridge, William Wordsworth.

4. VICTORIAN POETRY Introduction to Nineteenth Century : Historical background( social, economical, political and literary ) Definition of Victorianism Study of major poets: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Mathew Arnold

5. MODERN POETRY Introduction to Twentieth Century : Historical background( social, economical, political and literary ) Definition of Modernism. Study of major poets: Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, William Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot

6. INTRODUCTION TO NINETEENTH CENTURY Industrial Revolution Politics Economics Religion Society Literature Characteristics of Romantic Poetry

7. NINETEENTH CENTURY Historical background: The Industrial Revolution. The American Revolution 1774 & the Declaration of Independence. The French Revolution 1789-99 ( Liberty, Fraternity & Equality)

8. * SOCIETY: HUMAN RIGHTS, EDUCATION, ENLIGHTMENT. *ECONOMY: LAISSEZ-FAIRE THEORY OF GENERAL WELFARE. UTILITARIANISM: BENTHAM[THE GREATEST HAPPINESS OF THE GREATEST NUMBER] EXPANSION OF TRADE& INDUSTRY. * POLITICS: REFORM BILL 1832 REFORMS IN VOTING SYSTEMS. * RELIGION: SEARCH FOR NEW RELIGIONS ( SPIRITUAL ILLUMINATION IN PLATONISM & NEO-PLATONISM), DEPENDENCE ON FEELINGS & IMAGINATION.

9. ROMANTICISM Definition: Romans ( French) vernacular language. Historical Development : 17 th century it means imagination, factious, fabulous, or downright extravagant. 18 th Century description of pleasing qualities in landscape (nature). Romanticism: Important literary movement in Western Europe as a reaction to Neoclassicism ( emphasis is on emotion rather than reason). It is a break from traditions and conventions towards individuality and experimentation. It is a phenomenon of immense scope ( Literature, politics, history, philosophy & arts) The roots of Romanticism occurred in Germany & spread to Western Europe. The publication of The Lyrical Ballads 1798 by Wordsworth & Coleridge marked the beginning of the Romantic Movement in Literature.

10. CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTICISM * NATURE: LOVE OF NATURE & COUNTRY LIFE, RESPECT FOR PRIMITIVISM, DIVINITY OF NATURE ( UNTAMED). *EMOTION V/S RATIONALITY: HUMAN EMOTIONS, FEELINGS, INSTINCT & INTUITION ARE ABOVE REASON. ( WORDSWOTH DEFINITION OF POETRY) *ARTIST, THE CREATOR: ROLE OF ARTIST/ POET AS A CREATOR OF HIS OWN INDIVIDUALITY & INNER MIND( I ). * NATIONALISM: FOLKLORE,COUNTRY PEOPLE AND CULTURE BECAME SOURCES FOR GREAT ART.

11. CHARACTERISTICS( CONT.) * Exoticism : mystery,sentimentality & spirituality. * Supernatural: belief in the powers of the supernatural & unreal. * Nobility of Man: innocence & simplicity of man ( divinity) www.odessa.edu/english/dsmith/rom.lit.char.pdf www.mural.uv.es/frando/romancharacts.html www.buzzle.com/articles/romanticism-characteristics-of- romanticism.html www.wikipedia.com

12. SYLLABUS Romantic Poets: 1- William Blake: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience “ The Chimney Sweeper” 2- William Wordsworth: “The Solitary Reaper” 3- T.S.Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Victorian Poets: 1- Lord Alfred Tennyson: “The Lady of Shalott” 2- Robert Browning: “My Last Duchess” 3- Mathew Arnold: “Dover Beach”

13. MODERN POETS: 1- WAR POETRY: ROBERT BROOKE “THE SOLDIER” & W. OWEN: “ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH” 2- W.B.YEATS: “SAILING TO BYZANTIUM”. 3- T.S.ELIOT: “THE LOVE SONG OF A.J.PRUFROCK”. DIVISION OF MARKS PRESENTATION 10 MARKS QUIZ 10 MARKS MID-TERM EXAM 20 MARKS FINAL 60 MARKS ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION COMPULSORY