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  English Poetry: The 20th Century

Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Freiburg

Details
Masterseminar
2 cred.h, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Mon 10:15 - 11:45, C 601

Prerequisites / Organisational information
MA English Studies: Introductory Module Literature(Zulassungsvoraussetzung: BA-Abschluss/Aufnahme als MA-Studie­rende/r) – mündl.15-20 Min.
MA Literaturstudien – intermedial und interkulturell: Modul8 – mündl. 15-20 Min.

Contents
This seminar intends to present a first survey of the developments of English poetry in 20th century. After a brief historical recap of the most significant phases in the history of English poetry (Petrarchan poetry, the Shakespearean sonnet, Metaphysical Poetry, Augustan didactic poetry, Romanticism) we will focus on the innovative character of poetry towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The list of writers we will discuss in class comprises Thomas Hardy, T.S. Eliot, Yeats, Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford, W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, Philip Larkin, Paul Muldoon and Simon Armitage. A complete list of the poems we will analyze will be published on Studon. Master students must also attend my lecture “Der Englische Roman im 20. Jahrhundert”.

Additional information
Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
Startsemester WS 2015/2016:
Anglistik, Modul 8 B (M 8)
Introductory Module Literature (Intro Lit)

Department: Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Freiburg)
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