AJ16059 Post-1945 British Poetry, Culture and Society

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && AJ06002 Intro. to British Studies II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives (in Czech)
The course will look at developments in post-1945 British poetries in their social and cultural context, taking into account questions of ethnicity, class, gender, region and nationality, sexuality, religion, philosophy and aesthetics. This will include the work of poets such as T.S. Eliot, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Tony Harrison, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Wendy Cope, Grace Nicholls, Jackie Kay and numerous others. Assesment by essay (50%) and class contribution (50%)
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 Introductory Week 2 W.H. Auden; T.S. Eliot Week 3 Philip Larkin Week 4 Ted Hughes Week 5 Geoffrey Hill Week 6 Basil Bunting /Tom Pickard Week 7 Tony Harrison Week 8 Linton Kwesi Johnson/John Agard/ Penny Windsor/ Jackie Kay/ Grace Nicholls/ Jean Binta Breeze Week 9 Hugh McDiarmid/Sorley Maclean/Edwin Morgan/Tom Leonard/Jackie Kay Week 10 Seamus Heaney/Paul Durcan/ Nuala ni Dhomnaill/Eavan Boland Week 11 G. M. Hopkins/Dylan Thomas/R.S. Thomas/Tony Curtis/ Gillian Clarke Week 12 Peter Reading/J.H. Prynne/ Roger McGough/ Wendy Cope/Adrian Mitchell
Literature
  • Eliot, T.S. Collected Poems (1974) London Faber & Faber
  • Auden, W.H. Selected Poems (1979) London Faber & Faber
  • Reading, Peter Essential Reading (1986) London Secker & Warburg
  • Thomas, R.S. Collected Poems 1945 - 1990 (2000) London Phoenix
  • MACDIARMID, Hugh. Selected poems. Edited by Michael Grieve - Alan Riach. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994, xxxiii, 32. ISBN 0-14-018754-5. info
  • BUNTING, Basil. The complete poems. Edited by Richard Caddel. Oxford University Press pbk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, xii, 226. ISBN 0192822829. info
  • HEANEY, Seamus. New selected poems, 1966-1987. London: Faber and Faber, 1990, x, 245. ISBN 0571143725. info
  • LARKIN, Philip. Collected poems. Edited by Anthony Thwaite. London: Marvell Press, 1988, xxvii, 330. ISBN 0571151965. info
  • HILL, Geoffrey and David A. HILL. Collected poems. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985, 207 s. ISBN 0-14-008383-9. info
  • HARRISON, Tony. Selected poems [Harrison, 1984]. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, 203 s. ISBN 0-14-007158-X. info
  • HUGHES, Ted. Selected poems : 1957-1981. London: Faber and Faber, 1982, 238 s. ISBN 0571119166. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2016.
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