EN2PMC-Modernism and Modern Poetry
Module Provider: English
Number of credits: 20 [10ECTS credits]
Level:
I (Intermediate)
Terms in which taught: Autumn
Module Convenor: Dr
M
Nixon
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Module version for: 2008/9
Email: m.nixon@reading.ac.uk
Aims:
The aims of this module are to develop students’ specific knowledge and critical under¬standing of selected works of modern poetry in English, and, more broadly, to promote an informed awareness of some of the cultural contexts that have shaped twentieth-century writing.
Assessable learning outcomes:
Additional outcomes:
Students will be encouraged to develop skills of oral communication and effective participation in group work. They will also enhance their IT competence through the use of relevant web resources and databases and the word-processing of assessed work.
Outline content:
The lecture strand of the module looks at the poetry of T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, W. H. Auden and Marianne Moore. Themes to be pursued in lectures may include ideas of the city in the twentieth century, the crisis of literary and poetic language, connections between modern poetry and other genres such as drama, fiction and criticism, and how modern poetry has confronted twentieth-century ideas of subjectivity and selfhood. Individual seminar groups may supplement these core authors with a diversified programme of further reading. Possible inclusions would be poetry by Ezra Pound, H.D., Mina Loy, a range of materials from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 2 and material from Modernism: An Anthology of Sources and Documents (ed. Kolocotroni et al).
Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
A combination of lectures and seminars. Students will also receive an individual tutorial on the non-assessed essay
Contact hours:
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
| Lectures | 9 | ||
| Tutorials/seminars | 1 | ||
| Practicals | |||
| Other contact (eg study visits) | |||
| Total hours | 18.5 | ||
| Number of essays or assignments | 2 | ||
| Other (eg major seminar paper) |
Assessment:
Coursework
Students write one non-assessed essay of approximately 1500 words, and submit a second essay of no more than 2000 words for formal assessment.
Relative percentage of coursework : Assessed Essay 33%
Penalties for late submission
Ten marks (out of 100 on the normal University scale) will be deducted from a piece of work submitted up to one calendar week after the original deadline or any formally agreed extension of that deadline. Once this period has elapsed, a mark of zero will be recorded.
Examinations
A two-hour paper, requiring two answers. The examination carries 67% of the overall mark for the module.
Requirements for a pass
An average mark of 40%
Reassessment arrangements
Re-examination in September. Coursework will be carried forward if it bears a confirmed mark of 40% or more. Otherwise it must be resubmitted by 1 September.