Module Details
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Title CONTEMPORARY IRISH POETRY
Code ENGL716
Coordinator Prof JP Redmond
English
Redmond@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims
The aims of the module are:
  1. To survey the significant contributions made to Irish poetry from 1960 to the present.
  2. To examine the rise of Northern Irish poets in the 1960.
  3. To demonstrate the increasingly global outlook of contemporary Irish poetry.
  4. To examine the evolving cultural relationship between Britain and Ireland, and poets'' responses t o the social and political conditions fostered by civil strife in Ulster.

Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate an informed critical engagement with the relevant literary, cultural and historical contexts of the works and issues examined.
Students will put into practice advanced skills in textual analysis, critical reading, and writing in the context of contemporary Irish poetry.
Students will research, read, and think both independently and sensitively about the works studied.

Students will evaluate and communicate effectively both their own and others’ ideas concerning contemporary Irish poetry.

Syllabus
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Topics discussed will typically include the following poets:-

Seamus Heaney

Medbh McGuckian

Paul Muldoon

Eavan Boland

Paul Durcan

 

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Seminar - Students will learn how to debate and analyse poetic form in the context of political and cultural debates around Irish national identity.

Over the course of six fortnightly 2-hour seminar groups each focused on a particular poet, group of poets or theme, students will learn how to debate and analyse poetic form in the context of political and cultural debates around Irish national identity.


Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   12
Students will learn how to debate and analyse poetic form in the context of political and cultural debates around Irish national identity.
        12
Timetable (if known)   Over the course of six fortnightly 2-hour seminar groups each focused on a particular poet, group of poets or theme, students will learn how to debate and analyse poetic form in the context of politic
  		         
Private Study 138
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
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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  5000 words  Semester 2 (Weeks 8 -12)  100  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 Notes (applying to all assessments) 1x5000-word essay on approved topic  

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.
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