4: Romanticism and the Gothic
Competence aims in focus:
The aims of the studies are to enable students to:
- elaborate on and discuss the relationship between form, content and stylistic register in sentences and texts
- interpret a representative selection of texts from literary-historical periods in English literature, from the Renaissance up to the present time
- have a command of the terminology needed for analysing works of fiction, films and other aesthetic forms of expression
- use a nuanced, well-developed and precise vocabulary to communicate on literature and culture
- analyse and assess … a selection of other artistic forms of expression within English-language culture
(Translation: udir.no)
Videos
Films from the British Library.
Radio: The Romantics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.
Visual Material
Links
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The Romantics (British Library)
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Introduction to Romanticism
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Romanticism (Spark Notes)
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Romantic poets
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The origins of the Gothic
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How to tell you're reading a gothic novel – in pictures
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Spine-chillers and suspense: A timeline of Gothic fiction (BBC)
(bbc.co. uk) -
William Blake: "London" - slides
(bbc.co. uk) -
William Blake (British Library)
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William Wordsworth (British Library)
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William Wordsworth: "Upon Westminster Bridge" - slides
(bbc.co. uk) -
Robert Burns (British Library)
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John Keats (British Library)
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (British Library)
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Lord Byron (British Library)
(bl.uk) -
Bitesize: Frankenstein
(bbc.co. uk) -
Mary Shelley (British Library)
(bl.uk) -
The 100 best novels: No 8 – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Emily Brontë (British Library)
(bl.uk) -
Bitesize: Wuthering Heights
(bbc.co. uk) -
The Reader’s Guide to Wuthering Heights
(wuthering-heights.co. uk) -
Wuthering Heights: Reader's Guide
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The 100 best novels: No 13 – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
(theguardian.com) -
Emily Brontë hits the heights in poll to find greatest love story
(theguardian.com) -
Charlotte Brontë (British Library)
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Bitesize: Jane Eyre
(bbc.co. uk) -
The 100 best novels: No 12 – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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Jane Eyre and the 19th-century woman (British Library)
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Jane Eyre: official movie website
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Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
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Poe stories
(poestories.com)