Literatura Inglesa II Ilustracin Romanticismo y poca Victoriana

Literatura Inglesa II Ilustración, Romanticismo y Época Victoriana Raquel Lázaro Gutiérrez

COURSE INFO • Grado en Estudios Ingleses: Lengua, Literatura y Cultura (2 nd year) • Compulsory course • 10 ECTS (250 hours) • 2 semesters

COURSE INFO • Teachers: • Dr DÍDAC LLORENS CUBEDO (Co-ordinator) • dllorens@flog. uned. es • 00 -34 -91 -3988632 • Tuesday 10 am – 2 pm; Wednesday 10 am – 2 pm and 3 pm – 7 pm • Dr ANA ISABEL ZAMORANO RUEDA • aizamorano@flog. uned. es • 00 -34 -91 -3988077 • Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 am – 2 pm

COURSE INFO • Tutor • Dr RAQUEL LÁZARO GUTIÉRREZ • Onsite tutorials • Tuesday 5 - 6 pm

COURSE INFO • Contents • 1 st semester • • Unit 1. The Age of Satire Unit 2. The Rise of the Novel Unit 3. Pre-Romantic Poetry and the Gothic Unit 4. The Novel in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century: Jane Austen

COURSE INFO • Contents • 2 nd semester • Unit 5. Romantic Poetry • Unit 6. The Victorian Novel • Unit 7. Victorian Poetry

COURSE INFO • Readings • Course guide • Manuals • Works

COURSE INFO • Assessment • Exam + PECs • Exam: 80 %. 4 is required as a minimum • PECs: 20 % • Exam • 8 will be the highest mark

COURSE INFO • PEC = Prueba de Evaluación Continua • PEC 1 • Units 1 -3 • 15 th Dec • PEC 2 • Units 5 -6 • 20 th Apr

LESSON 1 • TEMA 1. The Age of Satire - HORAS: 25 • Lectura de textos introductorios / teóricos: • De English Literature in Context (ELC): capítulo 3, "The Restoration and Eighteenth Century, 1660 -1780". • De The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. 1 (NA 1): introducciones al siglo XVIII (pp. 2177 -2205), a Jonathan Swift (pp. 2464 -2466), Addison y Steele (pp. 2639 -2641), Alexander Pope (pp. 2665 -2669) y The Rape of the Lock (pp. 2685 -2686), y John Gay (pp. 2787 -2788). • Guías de lectura de The Rape of the Lock y The Beggar's Opera, disponibles en el curso virtual. • Lectura de textos literarios: • De NA 1: The Rape of the Lock (pp. 2686 -2704), A Modest Proposal (pp. 2633 -2639) y The Beggar's Opera (pp. 2789 -2833). • Realización de ejercicios de autoevaluación, disponible en el curso virtual.

LESSON 1 • 1660 – 1780

LESSON 1 • Modernisation • Urbanisation • Burgeoning consumer culture (coffee, tea, porcelain)

LESSON 1 • Political parties (Whig and Tory) • First Prime Minister • Constitutional monarchy (Charles II)

LESSON 1 • Great Britain was created (1707 Act of Union between England Scotland) • United States of America in 18 th C.

LESSON 1 • Royal Society (1662) – scientific investigation • Royal Africa Company – slave trade • East India Company – trade with India

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • Interregnum (11 years) • Charles II (Stuart) • Hope, stability and peace

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • • Three kingdoms Religious differences Colonial expansion Conflicts and events

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • Religion • Ireland: Roman Catholic • Scotland: Presbyterian (congregation’s members) • England: Episcopalian (bishops) • Act of Uniformity • Excluded radical Protestants (Presbyterians) and Roman Catholics • Dissenters • Charles II was against, Parliament made it law in 1663

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • The Exclusion Crisis • James II • Political parties • Tories: Charles II, Catholic, divine right to rule • Whigs: Shaftesbuty, Presbyterian, contractual relation between king and people • Popish plot

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • James II • • Against Test Act Diplomatic relations with Rome Free exercise of religion Daughter Mary

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • The Glorious Revolution • • Son James Francis Edward Tories and Whigs were both against William of Orange and Mary Stuart Declaration of Right (1689) • Bill of Rights • Rights and Liberties of The Subject • Succession of the Crown

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • • • Mary died childless William III occupied the throne Queen Anne (Parliament) Scotland claimed the right to appoint their following monarch James Francis Edward Stuart Act of Union (1707)

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • Anne died • George of Hannover • 57 th in line • Spoke no English • Protestant • Jacobist revolts until 1746

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW • Treaty of Utrecht • • • Tory Bolingbroke Canadian activities Gibraltar, Minorca and access to slave trade to Spanish colonies South Sea Bubble Robert Walpole