English Literature - 20th Century Poetry

Code:

LLC090

Acronym:

LIP_20

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAA	2	Official Study Plan - LEAA	4	-	6	52	162
LA	0	Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	33	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	2	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	0	Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Contemporary Poetry of the British Isles:
some poets and their contexts

This course aims to offer students a perspective on the poetry of the British Isles over the past fifty years. The programme will focus on the work of three poets – Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney –, but other influential voices in the definition of major currents of twentieth-century poetry in English will also be duly acknowledged. Students will be prompted to consider the programme’s primary texts in some of their defining formal and thematic features, as much as in their relation to the the traditions they integrate and inflect. Their study will be framed both by a theoretical consideration of the lyric and a review of the historical contexts for the textual output with which the programme is centrally concerned.

Program

Programme:
1. Introduction
1.1. The lyric: some forms and traditions
1.2. Contemporary Poetry of the British Isles: a brief overview

2. British and Irish Poetry since the 1950s: some enabling voices
2.1. Philip Larkin: the poet and his circumstance; the “Movement” and beyond;
2.2. Ted Hughes: from mythmaking to “green” poetry – and the autobiographical register
2.3. Seamus Heaney: ground, polis and vision; contexts for an Irish poet;

3. Legacies and continuities

Mandatory literature

HEANEY, Seamus; Opened Ground: Poems 1966-1996, Faber, 1998. ISBN: 978-0571194933
HUGHES, Ted; Collected Poems, Faber, 2005. ISBN: 978-0571227907
LARKIN, Philip; Collected Poems, Faber, 2003. ISBN: 978-0571216543

Complementary Bibliography

WELCH, Robert (ed.); The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, O.U.P., 1996
O’DONOGHUE, Bernard; Seamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994
ROSSEN, Janice; Philip Larkin: his life’s work, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989
SINFIELD, Alan. ; Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain, Blackwell, 1989
HEANEY, Seamus; The Government of the Tongue: The 1986 T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures and Other Critical Writings, Faber, 1988
DAY, Gary (ed.). ; British Poetry 1900-1950: aspects of tradition, St Martin's Press, 1995
CORCORAN, Neil; English Poetry Since 1940, Longman, 1993
SINFIELD, Alan (ed); Society and Literature 1945-1970, Methuen, 1983
WHALEN, Terry; Philip Larkin and English Poetry, Macmillan, 1990
HAMILTON, Ian; The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, O.U.P, 1994
CORCORAN, Neil; Seamus Heaney, Faber, 1986
EVERETT, Barbara; Poets in their Time: Essays on English Poetry from Donne to Larkin., O.U.P, 1992
DRAPER, R.P; An Introduction to Twentieth Century Poetry in English, Macmillan, 1999
CORCORAN, Neil; Poets of Modern Ireland: Text, Context, Intertext, Univ of Wales Press, 1999
PERKINS, David; A History of Modern Poetry: Modernism and After, Harvard U.P., 1987
WARD, John Powell; The English Line: from Wordsworth to Larkin, Macmillan, 1991
HEANEY, Seamus; Preoccupations: Selected Prose 1968-1978, Faber, 1980
THWAITE, Anthony; Twentieth-Century English Poetry: an Introduction, Heinemann, 1979
NICHOLLS, Peter; Modernisms: A Literary Guide, Macmillan, 1995
MORRISON, Blake; The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s, Methuen, 1986
OUSBY, Ian (ed.); The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. 2nd edn. , C.U.P., 1993
SAGAR, Keith; Ted Hughes, Longman, 1972
SAGAR, Keith (ed); The Achievement of Ted Hughes, Manchester U.P, 1983

Teaching methods and learning activities

In accordance with decisions made with regard to all initial degrees in this Faculty, the course will be run on the basis of lectures, seminars, and tutorials. Students will be expected to adopt a productive and committed attitude towards their study, regularly submitting short essays and giving brief presentations in class. Other specificities of the course will be directly described to students at the beginning of the semester.

Relevant workload and elements for assessment:

Description No. of estimated hours
Lectures/seminars 56
Written examination 2
Preparation of essay or study report 31
Preparation for exam 73
Total: 162

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature > English literature
Humanities > Literature > Literary criticism
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Written examination	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Preparation of essay or study report	Estudo autónomo	31
Preparation for exam	Estudo autónomo	73
	Total:	104,00

Eligibility for exams

Students will have to attend a minimum 75% of all lessons, except in those cases where special legal provisions apply.

Calculation formula of final grade

The model of assessment chosen for this course relies on three different components:

a) a 2-hour written examination on topics connected with the work of the poets included in the programme; this test will be taken at the end of the semester;

b) a paper (ranging in length from a minimum of eight to a maximum of fifteen A4 pages, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced) on a well-defined topic. The topic should be chosen under the guidance and with the agreement of the course lecturer; deadline for choice of topics: 30 October. It should be sharply focused, addressing its chosen theme without lengthy introductions on contexts, etc. This should be delivered preferably before Christmas; or, at the latest, by 4 January;

c) an oral presentation and discussion of a poem - to be selected with the agreement of the course lecturer; deadline for choice of topics: 30 October. Such presentations should be timed for a maximum of 20 minutes and will be scheduled for the aulas práticas. Such presentations should begin in early November and continue through December. Marks given for these will integrate the student’s overall participation in class in the course of the semester.

Formula for assessment:

(a x 3) + (b x 2) + c
6

Examinations or Special Assignments

not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

not applicable

Classification improvement

Please see the Feculty's current "Normas de Avaliação" [Guidelines for Assessment], "Art. 12.º – Melhoria de classificação"

Observations

All classes and other activities will be conducted in English.