
This free online course on English literature of the Romantic period includes contexts, themes, trends and criticism. The Romantic period in England lasted between the 1790s and 1850s. This free online course discusses literature of the era and includes various contexts, themes, trends and critical analyses of the works of prominent writers and poets of the time, such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Blake, Austen and Felicia Hemans.
| Course Category | Education |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 15-20 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Describe the general trends in the depiction of Nature and the environment • Identify common themes underlying the fiction of the different genres of the Romantic period • Distinguish between the views of literary critics of the Romantic period concerning the poet and the language of poetry • Discuss the characteristics of the historical and the gothic novels • Compare the works of the most prominent poets of the Romantic era • Discuss the importance of 'sensibility' and 'passion' in Romantic poetry • Analyze the English Romantic authors dealingd with the environment and Nature • Describe the two key aesthetic strategies of the Romantic period in visual arts and literature • Recognize the aesthetic styles of the famous paintings by distinguished artists of the Romantic period • Discuss gender and class politics |
| Course Code | 2810 |



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