Romantic Literature
ENGL 340
Undergraduate
Fall/Winter 2026/2027
6 Units
In-person
3
- ENGL 200
- ENGL 290
- A minimum GPA of 2.3 in 9.0 units of ENGL
- Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
- William Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
- Lord Byron, Selected Poetry
- Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings
- John Keats, Selected Poetry
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman
- William Wordsworth, Selected Poems
This course explores the poetry, politics, and cultural transformations of the Romantic period (roughly 1789-1834). It considers the work of novelists such as Jane Austen and Mary Shelley, essayists such as Thomas De Quincey, and poets such as William Blake, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, and John Keats
Assessments
Grading Components
- 12 unannounced quizzes (20%)
- participation (20%)
- midterm exam (25%)
- final exam (35%)
**Subject to change**