Course title |
Modern English Poetry |
Semester |
108-1 |
Designated for |
VARIOUS PROGRAM EUROPEAN STUDIES PROGRAM |
Instructor |
LI LING TSENG |
Curriculum Number |
FL2148 |
Curriculum Identity Number |
102E24330 |
Class |
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Credits |
2.0 |
Full/Half Yr. |
Half |
Required/ Elective |
Elective |
Time |
Thursday 8,9(15:30~17:20) |
Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 20. |
Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1081FL2148_ModPoetry |
Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
This course aims to introduce the poetic and literary features of English modernism by way of close study and discussion of a series of modern poets, beginning with G. M. Hopkins and ending with Seamus Heaney. |
Course Objective |
This course aims to introduce the poetic and literary features of English modernism. |
Course Requirement |
Regular attendance; assignments; mid-term and final examinations |
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
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Designated reading |
_The Norton Anthology of English Literature_, Vol. 2 |
References |
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Grading |
No. |
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Explanations for the conditions |
1. |
mid-term and final examinations |
70% |
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2. |
Regular attendance and assignments |
30% |
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Week |
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Topic |
Week 1 |
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Mathew Arnold, "Dover Beach"; A.E. Housman, "To an Athlete Dying Young" |
Week 2 |
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G. M. Hopkins, "Spring and Fall," "God's Grandeur," "The Windhover" |
Week 3 |
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Cont."The Starlight Night," "As Kingfishers Catch Fire," "Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord" |
Week 4 |
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Assignment 1--due Oct. 17 |
Week 5 |
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W.B.Yeats, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," "Who Goes with Fergus?" |
Week 6 |
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Cont., "Adam's Curse," "The Fascination with What's Difficult," "The Wild Swans at Coole," "The Second Coming" |
Week 7 |
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Cont., "Easter 1916," "Leda and the Swan" |
Week 8 |
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Cont. "Sailing to Byzantium,"" "Byzantium" |
Week 9 |
Nov. 14 |
Mid-term examination |
Week 11 |
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T.S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" |
Week 12 |
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_The Waste Land_
Assignment 2 due on Dec. 5
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Week 13 |
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Cont. |
Week 14 |
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Cont. |
Week 15 |
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Cont. |
Week 16 |
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W.H. Auden, “Lullaby”; Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" |
Week 17 |
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Seamus Heaney, "Digging," "Punishment" |
Week 18 |
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Final examination |
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