Postgraduate Course: Lyric and Society (ENLI11120)
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 will explore the interaction between critical theory and lyric poetry in the twentieth century. Through an examination of the place of poetry in twentieth century critical thought, it will aim to give students an introduction to central themes and problems in the development of critical theory. The course will also aim to give a sense of ways in which poets have participated in and responded to changing ways of conceptualizing the literary artwork. We will look at essays, manifestoes and statements of intent by writers, critics and theorists, seeking to understand and contextualise them, set alongside a range of lyric poems in English. A study of twentieth century thinking about lyric opens up both the central problems of critical theory: the question of aesthetic form, and the problem of the relationship between the literary artwork and society. |
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
| By the end of the course, students should be able to demonstrate familiarity with a selection of key figures and central problems of 20th century critical theory, and to compare and contrast different theoretical approaches; students should be able to discuss the historical development of the idea of lyric, and of the twentieth century dialogue with lyric tradition in English-language poetry; they should be able to comment on significant formal features of a range of lyric poems. |
Assessment Information
1 coursework essay of 4000 words (100%)
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alex Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3058
Email: Alex.Thomson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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