Aberystwyth University video: "Literature, History, Culture - Ways of Reading"
This BA Option module considers erotic texts and images from the Romantic period. How does Romanticism construct the "obscene"? What is the political resonance of terms such as "vulgar" or "depraved" in literary reviews of the era? What is the relationship between pornography and political satire? How does "obscene" art seek to destabilize elite culture? What is the literary value of Romantic bawdy? How is "pleasure" constituted by Romantic texts?
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This MA Option module explores the interface between Romantic literature and radical political culture. Students are introduced to the period's great social, political, religious and intellectual debates, as well as to the reticular culture and key literary dialogues of the period.
This BA Core module introduces students to a range of writing across the Romantic and Victorian periods. We look at key social and political issues, such as the impact of revolution, industrialism and imperialism, as well as at how seminar texts explore changing notions of the self, gender, sexuality and identity.
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