Undergraduate Course: An English Heritage: Nativism, Language and History in the Work of Four Post-war Poets (ENLI10239)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/3year/index.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will explore the work of four post-war English poets in relation to their shared concerns both with Englishness and with arguments concerning the nature of English poetic tradition. It will focus on works from the oeuvres of the four poets in which these issues are raised as matters of style, prosody and theme, and will also, where appropriate, address those works through the critical and other controversies to which they have given rise. Of consistent interest will be the ways in which this poetry is situated in relation to the challenge and legacies of international modernism, and how in the light of this relation it tackles the issue of a 'native' tradition in English poetry. This concern will be informed in turn by two further significant questions: firstly, the importance that ought to be accorded to the non-metropolitan status of this poetry, and a related interest in non-standard Englishes; secondly, the relevance for this poetry of postwar political and cultural disputes regarding the writing of English history. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | A MINIMUM of three college/university level literature courses at grade B or above (should include no more than one introductory level literature course). Related courses such as civilisation or creative writing are not considered for admissions to this course. Applicants should also note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission. In making admissions decisions preference will be given to students who achieve above the minimum requirement with the typical visiting student admitted to this course having three to four literature classes at grade A.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Section directly for admission to this course **
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| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be able to:
- demonstrate a good knowledge of the work of the four poets;
- comment knowledgeably on the style and prosodic details of the poetry studied;
- show an awareness of relevant critical controversies surrounding some of these bodies of work;
- demonstrate a familiarity with relevant aspects of the postwar 'English question'
- assess the significance of dialect or non-standard English for this poetry's engagement with the issues
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Assessment Information
| 1 course essay of 2,500 words (25%,) plus 1 take home examination essay of 3,000 words (75%) |
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 Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr James Loxley
Tel: (0131 6)50 3610
Email: James.Loxley@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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