Romanticism Dr.

Iris Bicakcic Seminar paper topics

1. Second generation of Romantics vs. Coleridge and Wordsworth. A

Comparison. (Haris Mutap)

2. The reconciliation of the opposites in Blakes oeuvre (Ines Bili) 3. Symbolism in Coleridges The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Nermin Krupi) 4. The Gothic Imagery in Romantic Poetry (Indira ahi) 5. Byronic hero- main characteristics (Aida zalihi) 6. The Image of Napoleon in English Romanticism (Bartina Bunti) 7. Natural Supernaturalism in Coleridge (Mersiha eunovi) 8. Apocalyptic regeneration of humanity and the world by creative capacity of

the human mind in Blake (Aldijana Topalovi) at Midnight (Eldin eho)

9. The function of nature in Wordsworths Tintern Abbey and Coleridges Frost 10. Womens

rights and stereotypes about womens social roles Wollstonecrafts Vindication- solutions to the problem. (Selma Novali)

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11. Journey as a Romantic motif (Almedina Pajevi) 12. The French Revolution: as the secular Millennium; as a disappointment--how

to adjust views of the Revolution? Do first and second-generation Romantics differ in their approaches? (Danira Demirovi)
13. Attack on the Church: attempt to defy traditional forms of morality as merely

excuses to justify traditional institutional oppression (Gordana savi)

14. Relationship between Poet and Landscape (Minela Balavac) 15. How is Man integrated into or fused with Nature in Wordsworth and

Coleridge? (Merima Luli)

16. How does the city symbolize the Industrial Revolution? Does it ever become a

valid Romantic subject of its own? (Ajdina uli)

17. Recovery of naive apprehension of reality via folk wisdom, i.e. the language of

ordinary men (Adela Zerem)

18. Psychological renewal in the act of retelling dream/story--see Coleridge's

Ancient Mariner (Zana Lepara)

19. William Blake- a social critic of his own time (Elma Luli)

20. Science and Religion in Lord Tennysons Memoriam (Doris Batlak) 21. Revolutionary nationalism in Byron and Shelley (Emina geko) 22. Blakes Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience present several

complementary pairs of poems. How do these and other such paired poems illustrate Blakes thesis that they show Two Contrary States of the Human Soul"? (Elma Hadi) 23. Compare ideas of nature. Does Keats use nature as a teacher the same way Coleridge and Wordsworth do in their poems? Or, compare Shelleys Ode to the West Wind and Keatss To Autumn. (Ajla Jusufbai)
24. It has been argued that Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" is a

satirical criticism of the dominant religious institutions of his day. Which satirical methods does Blake use, paying particular attention to the ways he portrays adherents to religious dogma? (Elma Hadiahmetovi)

25. With reference to one poem by Shelley and one by Keats, discuss the formal

and thematic characteristics of the Ode. (Edna Omerinovi)

26. Coleridge is often described as a poet of the imagination. What does this

appellation mean? What role does imagination play in Coleridges work, both as a source and as a subject? (Emina Pajo)

27. Shelley and the role of the poet. (Majda ati)

28. Shelleys political poems. (Arman Kara)

29. Blakes portrayal of nature. (Sanjin Kulak)

30. Blakes stance on institutionalized religion in his work. (Ajla Kafadar)