Frankenstein is a gothic novel. Gothic novels focus on the mysterious or supernatural. They take place in dark, often exotic, settings; and yield unease if not terror in their readers. The double is a frequent feature of the Gothic novel, and in a sense Frankenstein and his monster are doubles. 

Some literary historians also consider Frankenstein the first science fiction novel. Do you agree? Support your answer.

Hello everybody! Today I won't be able to give my class because my child is ill. Sorry! See you on Thursday!

Assignment (September/ October)

Individual oral presentations

v     Choose a poem and prepare an oral presentation in which you will analyse it.

September 18^th :

·        “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by Keats.

·   “Summer and Winter” by Shelley.

October 2nd :

·        “Helpstone”, by John Clare.

·        “Singing in Winter” by John Clare.

·         “The Primrose” by John Clare.

·         “The Setting Sun” by John Clare.

Dear all,
There has been a change in our timetable: Thursdays from 8 to 9pm, instead of Fridays. Can you ALL make it?

Language and Culture III

Schedule 2012

Second Semester

August_& September

   

       Literature:

Ø      Romanticism

Ø      Preface to Lyrical Ballads

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

Ø      Blake: Songs of Innocence and Experience

Ø      Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.

Ø      “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by Keats.

Ø       “Summer and Winter” by Shelley.

Ø      Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

Ø      Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

       Historical context:

Ø      Napoleonic wars.

Ø      Congress of Vienna.

Ø      Unification of Italy and Germany.

Ø      Napoleon III.

October

      Literature:

Ø      “Helpstone”, “Singing in Winter”, “The Primrose” and “The Setting Sun” by John Clare

Ø      Adam Bede by George Eliot (written assignment).

Ø      The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Historical context:

Ø      Tories ans Whigs.

Ø      Queen Victoria.

Ø      Palmerston.

Ø      Crimean war.

November

      Literature:

Ø      Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Historical context:

Ø      Gladstone and Disraeli.

Ø      Suez, Egypt.

Dear all,
             Please, have a look at the changes I have made in the material you have to read for this second part of the year. All this information was posted some weeks ago on this blog.