The Romantic Studies Association of Australasia (RSAA)
with the Arts, English, and Literacy in Education Network (AELE)
present
Romanticism: A HSC Study Day
lectures and workshops on all the main authors and texts in the HSC Extension 1 English Syllabus
9am to 5.30pm, Saturday 22 October 2011
at the University of Sydney
(John Woolley Building, off Science Road)
Students $55 (no GST)
Teachers $75 (no GST)
costs include all food and drink
Enquiries to Will Christie
President, RSAA
Chair, Department of English, University of Sydney
william.christie@sydney.edu.au
LECTURE TIMETABLE
9-9.15am Welcome (Will Christie, RSAA, and Jackie Manuel, AELE)
9.15-10am Introduction to Romantic literature and the Romantic age (Will Christie)
10-10.30am Romanticism in the HSC (Don Carter, English Inspector, NSW Board of Studies)
10.30-11am Morning Tea
11-11.45am The Poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Will Christie)
11.45am-12.30pm The Poetry of John Keats (Tom McLean, Otago)
12.30-1.15pm Lunch
1.15-2pm Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (Penny Gay, University of Sydney)
2-2.45pm Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights (Fiona Morrison, UNSW)
2.45-3.30pm A.S. Byatt, Possession (Atilla Orel, University of Sydney)
3.30-4pm Afternoon Tea
WORKSHOP TIMETABLE
11am-12.30pm Romantic novel/romance and the novel (Chair Jackie Manuel)
12.30-1.15pm Lunch
1.15-2pm R/romantic poetry (Chair Jenny Wells, PLC Croydon)
3.30-4pm Afternoon Tea
4-5.30pm What is Romanticism? (Chair Will Christie)
6.00-7pm Drinks for teachers and speakers
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