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Introduction to the course 1. Time schedule 12 lectures +1 movie 2. Procedures of lectures 1. Overview of the relative literary trend review 2. Introduction to the writer review 3. Appreciation of the work a. The main idea of the work b. Understanding of the excerpt c. Analysis of the story the character, theme, style d. Comments on the writer 3. Grading 1. Class involvement preparatory work before class, attendance, involvement of the mind 2. Assignments including midterm examination 3. Final examination/or course paper 3. Final examination a. Literary terms b. About the writers major works writing style literary influence c. Understanding of the selected works main idea/ character/ theme/ style/ frequently quoted sentences or sentences requiring paraphrase I. Early Romantics 1.1. Background a. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, romanticism occurred and developed in Europe. b. Industrial Revolution and French Revolution 1789 fighting for liberty, equality and fraternity c. Inspiration initially came from two great men: one is French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau and German writer Goethe also related to lake poets ①. Goethe, Rousseau Lake Poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832 : stressing feelings and individuality Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778 : to free the individual personality and feelings, to return to nature In 1798 Wordsworth and Coleridge jointly published the “Lyrical Ballads” , which marked the break with the classicism and the beginning of romanticism. d. Neoclassicism, as represented by John Dryden 1631-1700 and Alexander Pope 1688-1744 , esteemed objectivity, harmony, rationality, dignity, proportion, and moderation. 1.2. Features of the romantic literature 1.2.1.Expressiveness: Wordsworth: “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling” The romanticists held that the writers should express their emotions, feelings, impressions, instinct, intuition, or t