AJ16059 Post-1945 British Poetry, Culture and Society

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && AJ06002 Intro. to British Studies II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will look at developments in post-1945 British poetries in their social and cultural context, taking into account questions of ethnicity, class, gender, region and nationality, sexuality, religion, philosophy and aesthetics. This will include the work of poets such as T.S. Eliot, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Tony Harrison, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Wendy Cope, Grace Nicholls, Jackie Kay and numerous others.
Syllabus
  • Week 1:Seot 17th: Orientation week: No lesson Week 2:Sept.24th: Intoductory Week 3:Oct2nd: Pre-cursors(1)Hardy/Yeats/Lawrence/Auden Week 4:Oct.9th: Pre-cursors(2)Ezra Pound/T.S. Eliot Week 5:Oct.16th: Philip Larkin Week 6:Oct.23rd: Seamus Heaney & Irish Poetry Week 7:Oct:30th: Ted Hughes & Geoffrey Hill Week 8:Nov.6th: Women's Poetry Week 9:Nov.13th: Hugh McDiarmid & Scottish poetry wEEK 10:Nov.20th: READING WEEK: NO LESSON Week 11:Nov.27th: Tony Harrison Week 12:Dec.4th: Basil Bunting/Tom Pickard/David Jones/R.S.Thomas/D. Thomas&Welsh Poetry Week 13:Dec.11th: J.H. Prynne/ Peter Reading Week 14:Dec.18th: Black,popular & comic poetry
Literature
  • Eliot, T.S. Collected Poems (1974) London Faber & Faber
  • Reading, Peter Essential Reading (1986) London Secker & Warburg
  • Thomas, R.S. Collected Poems 1945 - 1990 (2000) London Phoenix
  • Auden, W.H. Selected Poems (1979) London Faber & Faber
  • MACDIARMID, Hugh. Selected poems. Edited by Michael Grieve - Alan Riach. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994, xxxiii, 32. ISBN 0-14-018754-5. info
  • BUNTING, Basil. The complete poems. Edited by Richard Caddel. Oxford University Press pbk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, xii, 226. ISBN 0192822829. info
  • HEANEY, Seamus. New selected poems, 1966-1987. London: Faber and Faber, 1990, x, 245. ISBN 0571143725. info
  • LARKIN, Philip. Collected poems. Edited by Anthony Thwaite. London: Marvell Press, 1988, xxvii, 330. ISBN 0571151965. info
  • HILL, Geoffrey and David A. HILL. Collected poems. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985, 207 s. ISBN 0-14-008383-9. info
  • HARRISON, Tony. Selected poems [Harrison, 1984]. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, 203 s. ISBN 0-14-007158-X. info
  • HUGHES, Ted. Selected poems : 1957-1981. London: Faber and Faber, 1982, 238 s. ISBN 0571119166. info
Assessment methods
Assessment will be by essay (5-8 pages; to be submitted by the exam date) (50%), a response paper( 500-800 words; to be submitted by the end of the TEACHING semester (20%) and class participation and attendance (30%). Students taking the course need only fulfil one of the written requirements.BOTH WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED IN HARD COPY FORM- NOT BY E-MAIL.INTENDING PARTICIPANTS ON THE COURSE MUST ATTEND THE FIRST LESSON; REGISTRATION IN THE IS SYSTEM DOES NOT IN ITSELF GUARANTEE a PLACE ON THE COURSE.IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO ATTEND IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED AND FREE PLACES ARE AVAILABLE.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2016.
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