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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Undergraduate Course: Lyric and Society (ENLI10311)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/Honours/FourthYear/4thYear_Home.htm
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature.
Additional Class Delivery Information 1 hour(s) per week for 11 week(s). 1 hour a week attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Alex Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3058
Email: Alex.Thomson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Sheila Strathdee
Tel: (0131 6)50 3619
Email: S.Strathdee@ed.ac.uk
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