ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800 (EN2052)

From the Romantic period, covers major examples of: prose - the transition from the 19th century models to Modernist experimentation; poetry - the development of modern poetic form and the fortunes of European hermetic influence in an increasingly politicized century; and drama - examples of absurdist and left-wing drama which have dominated the British stage since the 1950s.

Code:

EN2052

Name:

ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800

Discipline:

EN (English)

Type:

Regular

Level:

Undergraduate

Credits:

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Equivalencies:

ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800 (CL2052)

Learning Outcomes

demonstrate knowledge of the formal resources of English literature since 1800, with particular attention paid to prosody, and of the historical distribution of those resources
show a capacity to describe and analyse literary texts in relation to their formal features and historical context, informed by a basic knowledge of existing scholarship in the field, and drawing responsibly and creatively on appropriate theoretical materials

ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800 (EN2052)

Learning Outcomes

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