Unit name | British Poetry 1945 - Present |
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Unit code | ENGLM3006 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Griffiths |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of English |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This course will examine a number of influential poets from recent decades. Most weekly seminars will focus on a single poet, using as a starting point a particular volume or a range of designated poems from a career-spanning collection. The poets&� works will be considered in relation to evolving poetic traditions and to established lines of critical interpretation. Some seminars may be more thematic, exploring poems by a group of authors. Poets likely to be studied include Philip Larkin, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, and Paul Muldoon.
Students will engage in depth with major poets of the specified period and with the significant body of critical and theoretical debate surrounding their work. Historical and cultural contexts will be explored – including some which problematize the notion of Britishness.
7 x 2-hour seminar, 1 reading week, 11 Consultation Hours
1 essay of 4,000 words