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A number of current and former Academy teachers have collaborated to produce this exciting and stimulating course which is open to senior pupils, parents and friends alike.
The aim of the course is to explore some of the different strands of Romanticism and Modernism – including subjectivity and individuation – at the same time as considering the origins and historical contexts of the issues we cover. The backbone will involve discussion of a few of the major literary texts.
The course will be in two parts, each taking place over six weeks at the Edinburgh Academy. It will be open to 6 th and 7 th classes, parents and any other adults who wish to attend – though numbers will be limited to 24.
The six sessions in each part will take place weekly, on Tuesday evenings at 7.30 in Room…. Each will involve two speakers. They will last about 1h.15mins. They will be lead by Henry Marsh (Literature) George Harris (History/Music) Di Hope (Art/Architecture) and Francis Roberts (Philosophy)
The texts discussed in the first part will be by Wordsworth, Keats, Hopkins and Emily Dickinson. Part two will involve Nietzsche’s ‘Beyond Good and Evil’, T.S. Eliot’s early poems and ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf.
Part 1
Tuesday 24 th October
Background to Romanticism – Wordsworth: HEM
French Revolution (54K Word Doc) GHH
31 st October
2. Keats – the letters/ Ode to Psyche/the Hyperions: HEM
The Scottish Enlightenment – Subjectivity and Individuation: Francis Roberts
7 th November
3. Keats – the Hyperions – Shelley: HEM
Opera in the Age of Revolution etc (45K Word Doc) GHH
14 th November
4. Romanticism and neo-classicism: Di Hope
Primary Sources for GHH's classes on the Age of Romanticism (187K Word Doc) GHH
"Who Unbound Prometheus: The Industrial Revolution (939K Word Doc) GHH
21 st November
5. Hopkins and Emily Dickinson – selected poems: HEM
Ruskin: morality and Nature (131K Word Doc): (3MB PowerPoint) GHH
28 th November
6. Emily Dickenson – selected poems: HEM
Tuesday 23 rd January
6. Darwin/Nietzsche ‘Beyond Good and Evil’ – section, ‘The Natural History of Morals’: HEM
The Midwife of history. The great War: (53K Word Doc) GHH, 2.7MB Powerpoint
30 th January
2. Nietzsche – ‘Beyond Good and Evil’ HEM
All art is propaganda. Socialism: (28K Doc) GHH
6 th February
3. Eliot – Selected Poems: HEM
‘The Disease of Nationalism’ George Orwell: (49K Doc) GHH
13 th February
4. Eliot – ‘The Waste Land’: HEM
Changing scientific paradigms: FCR
(February 20 th – Half Term)
27 th February
5. Woolf – ‘To the Lighthouse’ HEM
Matisse and Picasso: DH
6 th March
6. Woolf – ‘To the Lighthouse’ HEM
What did ‘Modern’ mean?: (57K Doc) (2.7MB Power Point) GHH
In the Autumn and Spring Terms a small band of pupils,
parents and teachers had the privilege of attending a most
stimulating series of talks on various aspects of culture
under the general heading of ‘Romanticism and Modernism’.
We use the word ‘talk’ purposely since ‘lecture’ would
imply too formal a tone for what were enjoyable and, to
a certain extent, relaxed occasions. And yet one would
hasten to add that the informality merely softened but in
no way lessened the intellectual rigour and width as well as
depth of knowledge which was placed at our disposal. The
range of topics stretched from Hume to Einstein, Delacroix
to Picasso, Wordsworth to Woolf and from the guillotine to
the electric trouser press! And in every case expert analysis
and elucidation was the norm.
It would be impossible to do justice here to the vast
array of topics covered. Particular highlights included Henry
Marsh on Keats and the poetry of Emily Dickinson, George
Harris’s observations on Ruskin, the Age of Revolution and
art as propaganda, all wonderfully illustrated with examples
from diverse media. George and Henry were ably supported
by Di Hope and Francis Roberts looking at the artistic and
philosophical backgrounds. It was a truly humbling and
inspirational experience, and we look forward to next term’s
course on the Renaissance with eager anticipation!
C. I. M. Hamilton and S. G. S. Heintze
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