Romanticism is a literary movement which was prevalent in Europe between 1770 and 1848, and was a reaction to the Enlightenment. It was particularly important in Britain with a first generation of poets such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Burns and Blake and later by a second generation of young men who died prematurely such as Byron, Shelley and Keats. Those of the second generation were great travellers and all three died overseas.
It is particularly Lord Byron, who represents the Romantic idea of revolution and nationalism and in fact he died in his pursuit of Greek independence in 1824. His poetry was even more appreciated in foreign countries than in Britain itself and was particularly popular among Russian, Polish and Ukrainian poets who at the time were trying to free themselves from the yoke of imperial domination from Petrine Russia.
Byron wrote a long and romantic narrative poem, Mazeppa, in 1819 in which he tells of the brutal trials of love and war by the Hetman of the Ukraine. The tale itself is founded in the work of Voltaire, Charles XII, the king of Sweden.
In this course we would like to trace the development of Romanticism, particularly in its nationalist and nativist aspects and also to read selections from Byron’s poem. After each lecture there will be at least twenty minutes for questions or discussions.（講師・記）
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