Postgraduate Course: Poetry, Politics and Place 2 (ENLI11043)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines the relationship between aesthetic innovation (loosely codified as modernism and postmodernism) and cultural politics through a reading of ten twentieth-century poets. Particular attention will be paid to the poetic reconfiguration of landscape and "place" as a vehicle for the constitution and deconstitution of cultural and political identities. Readings of individual bodies of work will be supplemented by perspectives drawn from modern critical theory |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Essential course texts. |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will gain an understanding of modern poetic techniques, including verse forms, syntax and prosody.
Students will gain an awareness of the complex relation between politics and aesthetics.
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Assessment Information
| 1 essay of 4,000 words (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Colin Nicholson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3614
Email: C.Nicholson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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