ENGL10002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chimney Sweep, Hearse, Active Voice

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL10002
• Professor: Deirdre Coleman

Document Summary

Representation of the self, subjectivity, identity is trans-historical - is not universal. Early modern period - forward looking (renaissance - backward looking) - shakespeare. Performance & culture: performance: literal, and of the self (the performance of the self, the creation of the self), racial identity - the moor of venice, romeo and juliet - the adolescent identity. Late 18th century poetry - antithetical to the classical formulae of shakespeare"s work (words worth) *** the rigour in which you asses the text *** evidence based, will entertain multiple interpretations. Course reader: physical copy only - purchase them from the co-op. Assessment: oral component: 5 min intro of critical theory, prompts for discussion. The romantic lyric: romanticism and revolution, recreating england, creating a new jerusalem, post romanticism: you are a genius at ___ => to you are a genius. (use of full stop) Imagination and genius are necessary to understand romantic poetry.