Romantic Theory: Theirs and Ours

Recent criticism will serve as the point of departure for looking into the relation of literary criticism to its Romantic history. Emphasis on how "Romantic" problems inform contemporary criticism on such topics as periodization, literature and history, theory of symbol and allegory, and the relation between literature and philosophy. Texts will be selected from Benjamin, M.H. Abrahms, de Man, McGann, Lacoue-Labarthe and Nancy, Chase, et. al.; Fichte, Schelling, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Schlegel, Novalis.