ENG30210 Modern American Poetry and Poetics

Academic Year 2018/2019

This course will introduce key movements in twentieth-century American poetry with close attention to their formal and aesthetic concerns. Initially beginning with aspects of American modernist poetry, we will chart the emergence and development of a range of differing 'American' poetries from the early twentieth century onwards to contemporary poetic production. Close reading of poems, essays and manifestos will enable us to establish how poetry investigates crucial issues such as race, gender, ethnicity and subjectivity. Attention will also be given to linguistic and textual experimentation and how poems address in different ways their readers and audience. Moreover the course will allow for some considered reflection on the major aesthetic, cultural and political preoccupations of each period.

PLEASE NOTE that the School of English, Drama and Film reserves the right to withdraw modules in the period up to and including the first week of the teaching semester.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this course students will have engaged with a variety of 'American' poetries from the twentieth century. They will also be able to demonstrate an awareness of the political/cultural factors which shaped and were shaped by the texts discussed. Supports student to present an essay proposal as well as individual researched final essay.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

12
Specified Learning Activities

38
Autonomous Student Learning

50
Total

100
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Before registering for this module, students must have completed TWO of the Level 2 modules listed.

Learning Recommendations:

Co-Core level two module in American Literature



 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Essay: 3,000 word essay

75

 Coursework (End of Trimester)
Continuous Assessment: Attendance and contribution

25

 Varies over the Trimester

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

Students who fail this module will need to repeat or resit the module depending on the availability of the module in the following semester. If you have failed, please contact the Academic Support Officer for information on how to remediate the module. If you are taking this module as an option or an elective, you may be able to substitute another module. Check with your Programme Office if this is possible.