Course Information
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
 
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
 
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)
 
Office Hours
 
Designated reading
_The Norton Anthology of English Literature_, Vol. 2 
References
 
Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
mid-term and final examinations 
70% 
 
2. 
Regular attendance and assignments  
30% 
 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
  Mathew Arnold, "Dover Beach"; A.E. Housman, "To an Athlete Dying Young"  
Week 2
  G. M. Hopkins, "Spring and Fall," "God's Grandeur," "The Windhover" 
Week 3
  Cont."The Starlight Night," "As Kingfishers Catch Fire," "Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord" 
Week 4
  Assignment 1--due Oct. 17 
Week 5
  W.B.Yeats, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," "Who Goes with Fergus?" 
Week 6
  Cont., "Adam's Curse," "The Fascination with What's Difficult," "The Wild Swans at Coole," "The Second Coming" 
Week 7
  Cont., "Easter 1916," "Leda and the Swan"  
Week 8
  Cont. "Sailing to Byzantium,"" "Byzantium" 
Week 9
Nov. 14  Mid-term examination 
Week 11
  T.S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" 
Week 12
  _The Waste Land_

Assignment 2 due on Dec. 5


 
Week 13
  Cont. 
Week 14
  Cont. 
Week 15
  Cont. 
Week 16
  W.H. Auden, “Lullaby”; Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" 
Week 17
  Seamus Heaney, "Digging," "Punishment"  
Week 18
  Final examination