Pre-Romanticism Course
This course delves into how pre-romantic writers harnessed nature, emotion, and subjectivity as potent literary tools. You will develop close-reading expertise, refine source utilisation, and hone argument construction skills vital for research, teaching, and advanced humanities studies. Discover pivotal 18th-century texts by Young, Gray, Rousseau, Diderot, Prévost, Ossian, and early Goethe that pave the way for Romanticism.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
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What will I learn?
This Pre-Romanticism Course provides a targeted introduction to essential 18th-century texts foreshadowing Romanticism. Study works by Young, Gray, Rousseau, Diderot, Prévost, Ossian, and early Goethe. Master close reading, intertextual analysis, and bibliographic methods. Develop a solid thesis, compare literary traditions, and create a refined critical dossier supported by primary and secondary sources.
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Develop skills
- Master close reading by decoding diction, imagery, and prosody in short passages.
- Gain a pre-romantic toolkit to identify sensibility, sublime nature, and critique of reason.
- Frame texts historically by situating pre-romantic works within late Enlightenment debates.
- Design scholarly corpus by selecting, dating, and annotating key 18th-century European works.
- Build strong arguments through comparative, thesis-driven analyses across traditions.
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