First debate

What relevance do you think The Battle of the Books might have today in the context of the controversy the opening of the Book Fair has generated?

Book of History

Book of History (XVIII-XIX)

Selection of poems by Clare

Clare, J Selection of poems and sonnets

On the Sublime by Burke

Edmund Burke (On the Sublime)

"Ode to a Grecian Urn" by Keats

John Keats (Ode on a Grecian Urn)

Joseph Andrews by Fielding

Joseph Andrews (chapters I-X)

Map

Map Great Britain

Periodical Essays

Periodican Essays (A Country Sunday; Westminster Abbey)

Poetry Terminology

Poetry Terminology

Shamela by Fielding

Shamela by Fielding

"Summer and Winter" by Shelley

Summer and Winter (Shelley)

The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Coleridge)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge)

"The Battle of the Books" by Jonathan Swift

The Battle of the Books (Swift)

Schedule 2011 (First Semester)

1^st & 2^nd Weeks (April, 8^th,11^th 15^th)

• Introduction to the subject and period.

• “What is Literature?” by Terry Eagleton.

• Context previous to XVIII century

• Mercantilism

3^rd week (April,18^th)

• XVIII century England

• Jonathan Swift: The Battle of the Books.

4^th week (April 25^th ; 28^th)

• Periodical essays: “Westminster Abbey” and “A Country Sunday”

• The Enlightenment

• Ana Stuart

• Spanish Succession War

5^th week (May, 3^rd; 6^th )

• Louis XIV & European context

• The rise of the novel

• Robinson Crusoe by Defoe

6^th week (May, 10^th; 13th)

• Robinson Crusoe by Defoe

• George I

• George II

7^th week (May, 17^th; 20^th)

• The Sentimental novel: Pamela by Richardson (extracts)

• Pamela’s parody: Shamela by Fielding

8^th week (May, 24^th; 27^th)

• Pamela’s parody: Shamela by Fielding

• 1st written test

9^th week (May, 31^st; June, 3^rd)

• Austrian Succession War

• Seven Yeras’ War

• The Industrial Revolution

• Colonies (written assignment)=> time devoted to teacher’s guidance

10^th week (June, 7^th; 10^th)

• Colonies (written assignment)=> time devoted to teacher’s guidance

• Colonies (oral exposition and deadline- written assignement)

11^th week (June,14^th; 17^th)

• The Independence of the American colonies

• The French Revolution

• Blake:Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience (“The Tyger”; “The Lamb” and “Holy Thursday”)

12^th week (June, 21^st; 24^th)

• Preface to Lyrical Ballads.

• “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Coleridge.

13^th week (June, 28^th; July 1^st)

• Napoleonic wars

• Shelley and Keats (“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by Keats and “Summer and Winter” by Shelley).

• Gothic fiction: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

14^th week (July 5^th ; 8^th)

• Gothic fiction: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Material (number of files)

Material en fotocopiadora