Undergraduate Course: Modern British Poetry (LLLG07077)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 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 FOR LIFELONG LEARNING(OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
This course explores British poetry from the post-war period to the present. Alternating between broader surveys and close studies of individual poets, itwill consider how poetry can explore, create and challenge our sense of identity. The course will introduce different kinds of poetic form and technique, and give students the vocabulary and analytical skills to discuss poetry with confidence. |
| Course description |
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: English Poetry: Philip Larkin, Thom Gunn, Stevie Smith, Fleur Adcock, Peter Reading, Peter Didsbury
Week 3: Ted Hughes
Week 4: Working-class Poetry: Tony Harrison, Donald Davie, Ian McMillan, Sean O' Brien, Geoff Hatterlsey, Idris Davies
Week 5: Simon Armitage
Week 6: Poetry and Ethnicity: Linton Kwesi Johnson, Grace Nichols, Jackie Kay, Sujata Bhatt, R. S. Thomas
Week 7: David Dabydeen
Week 8: Scottish Poetry: Douglas Dunn, Edwin Morgan, Tom Leonard, Iain Crichton-Smith, Don Paterson, Liz Lochhead, Kathleen Jamie, Robin Robertson.
Week 9: Carol Ann Duffy
Week 10: Students' Choice
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
* discuss and analyse poetry with confidence
* demonstrate an understanding of poetic technique and form
* understand how poetry can be used to explore identity and difference
* show a broad knowledge of the concerns and styles of modern British poetry
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Reading List
As the course draws on a very diverse range of poetry it is difficult to recommend published texts for purchase. In order to ensure everyone has access to all the chosen material, the tutor will prepare a course-book as a pdf in advance, which will include copies of all of the essential reading for the 10 weeks.
Recommended reading:
Broom, S. 2005. Contemporary British and Irish Poetry: An Introduction. London: Palgrave.
Carper & Atteridge. 2003. Meter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry. London: Routledge.
Fenton, James.2003. An Introduction to English Poetry. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Fry, Stephen. 2007. The Ode Less Travelled. London: Arrow.
Eagleton, T. 2006. How to Read a Poem. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
* Critical analysis
* Group discussion
* Close reading skills |
| Special Arrangements |
None |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Rachael King
Tel:
Email: Rachael.King@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk |
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