Module Details
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Title BRITISH POETIC WRITING SINCE 1930
Code ENGL305
Coordinator Prof SK Parmar
English
Sandeep.Parmar@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 30

Aims
  1. to generate an informed study of British poetry from 1930 - c.1990s


  2. to develop skills in close reading, buttressed by an increased understanding of the literary, methodological and histrocial contexts for poetry writing

  3. to pursue a chronological enquiry into the developments of poetry in this period, beginning with The Auden Generation of the 1930s, then going on to examine the poetry of World War II, the Movement poets of the 1950s and 1960s, the development of women''s poetry, and the Northern Irish Poetry Revival.


Learning Outcomes

On completing this module students will be able to demonstrate:

an increased understanding of the literary, methodological and historical contexts of the poetic writing of the period

improved reading skills applied to British poetry of the period 1930-1990

an ability to question the presuppositions of these contexts in a critically informed manner

an ability to submit poetical texts to the discipline of close reading

Syllabus
1 


Week 1: Introduction 

 

Week 2: The Long Poem 

 

Week 3: The Thirties 

 

Week 4: The Movement 

 

Week 5: Poetry and Landscape 

 

Week 6: Women''s Poetry 

 

Week 7: tbc

 

Week 8: British Black and Asian Poets 

 

Week 9: British Poetic Revival and the Avant-Garde


Week 10: Welsh Poets 

 

Week 11: Northern Irish Poets 

 

Week 12: Round Up 

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture -

Lectures introduce key themes and perspectives

Tutorial -

Discussion of reading and essay work

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

   18

       30
Timetable (if known) Lectures introduce key themes and perspectives
  		  Discussion of reading and essay work
  		       
Private Study 270
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Coursework  4000 words  Semester 2  50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 
Coursework  4000 words  Semester 2  50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 2 Notes (applying to all assessments) One Essay of 4000 words (i) One Essay of 4000 words (ii)  

Recommended Texts
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