Vår 2024

ENG-3195 Poetry: Innovations in Genre - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course is intended for students in the master's programme in English literature and students in the master's programme in education year 8-13 (lektorutdanninga, studieretning engelsk, jf. progresjonskrav for år 4).

This course may be taken as a single course by students who meet the admission requirements for the master's programme in English Literature. Please see the admission requirements section.

This course fulfils the Studies in Genre requirement for the master's programme in English literature.

Course contents

As poets have developed and adapted their medium over the past century, they have at times embraced traditional poetic forms as productive constraints, and at others initiated formal experiments that have differed markedly from more traditional understandings of the poetic. Focusing on poetry and poetics as evolving practices in dialogue with broader cultural developments, this advanced course covers major developments in Anglo-American poetry and experimental writing from modernism to the present. The course will emphasize both breadth and depth in its coverage as it surveys developments in Anglophone poetry over the past century, with particular attention to individual writers.

Admission requirements

Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, in English literature, or a degree combining English literature and a closely-related discipline (minimum 80 ECTS in English). An average grade equivalent to C or better (in the Norwegian grading system) is required.

Application code: 9371 - Enkeltemner på masternivå (Nordic applicants).

Objective of the course

The students have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

Students will have:

Advanced knowledge of modern and contemporary developments in the history of Anglophone poetry
An understanding of contemporary poetic theory and related concepts
An ability to combine sustained close reading skills with concepts learned in the course in reading the work of individual poets

Skills

Students will be able to:

Analyze and deal critically with challenging and demanding literary texts
Apply critical theories and methodologies in generating scholarly arguments concerning literary texts
Formulate original arguments to build upon existing critical discussions through oral and written communication
Arrive at independent understandings of demanding literary texts

Apply and build upon knowledge gained in the course for future work carried out at the master level

Language of instruction

Language of instruction and examination: English.

Teaching methods

The course takes place for one 13-week term and meets once (a two-hour session) per week. Teaching methods will include lectures, class discussions, and independent study.

Quality assurance: All courses will be evaluated once during the period of the study program. The board of the program decides which courses will be evaluated by students and teacher each year.