Undergraduate Course: British and American Poetry after WWII (LLLG07039)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
This course follows the evolution of British and American poetries of the last fifty years in tandem, aiming to find key areas of communication and difference in a transatlantic literary dialogue. We will talk about the most significant poets, trace their understanding of the craft, discuss their experiments and read their most beautiful poems. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
¿ understand the textual strategies and working assumptions at the root of poets¿ work;
¿ assess the interactions between poetry and issues of voice, race, gender, history and art;
¿ display an awareness of the poetic traditions and diversity in America and the UK.
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Additional Information
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Caroline Bamford
Tel: (0131 6)50 4322
Email: Caroline.Bamford@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Marie Craft
Tel: (0131 6)50 3943
Email: marie.craft@ed.ac.uk |
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