Modernist Poetry 1910-1945

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To provide students with a history of modernism in English language poetry, and a sense of how modernist poetry was wide ranging, radical, often beautiful, and lastingly influential.

Course objectives:

• To provide students with the critical knowledge to view modernist poetic texts in both a historical and critical context.
• To enable students to appreciate modernist poetries both for their aesthetic and historical value.
• To be confident in engaging with and discuss modernist poetry.

Teaching will be largely through a mixture of lectures and class discussions. Reading material will be provided in advance. Student participation will be encouraged.

Each lecture will begin with an introduction and a survey on the week's topic followed by discussions focused on specific aspects of the reading.

Prior to submitting their main assessment, students will have the opportunity to present aspects of their topic in class, and contact the tutor individually, should they require further guidance.

By the end of the course students will be expected to:

• be familiar with a range of modernist poetic texts;
• be knowledgeable about the development and continuing influence of modernism;
• be able to discuss and write about aspects of modernist poetry and its creators. 

Assessment will be with one formative presentation (15 mins max) and one summative essay or creative piece on an aspect of place, max. 1,500 words.

Coursework is an integral part of all weekly classes and everyone enrolled will be expected to do coursework in order to benefit fully from the course. Only those who have registered for credit will be awarded CATS points for completing work the required standard.

Students must submit a completed Declaration of Authorship form at the end of term when submitting your final piece of work. CATS points cannot be awarded without the aforementioned form - Declaration of Authorship form

The Department's Weekly Classes are taught at FHEQ Level 4, i.e. first year undergraduate level, and you will be expected to engage in a significant amount of private study in preparation for the classes. This may take the form, for instance, of reading and analysing set texts, responding to questions or tasks, or preparing work to present in class.

Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS)

To earn credit (CATS points) you will need to register and pay an additional £30 fee per course. You can do this by ticking the relevant box at the bottom of the enrolment form or when enrolling online. Students who register for CATS points will receive a Record of CATS points on successful completion of their course assessment.

Students who do not register for CATS points during the enrolment process can either register for CATS points prior to the start of their course or retrospectively from the January 1st after the current full academic year has been completed. If you are enrolled on the Certificate of Higher Education you need to indicate this on the enrolment form but there is no additional registration fee.