Lecturer in charge: Ms Tanya Shirley [Room 41 - New Arts Block]

Emphasizing diversity of attitude and technique, the course will examine a range of poems dealing with love and death, perhaps the two most pervasive themes in poetry.

Prerequisite: LITS 1001 (E10A)

Instruction: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial per week

Evaluation: Tutorial presentation 10%
One coursework essay/textual analyses 30%
Final 2-hour exam (2 answers) 60%

Prescribed Texts:

Donne, John. Selected Poems ( Oxford Univ. Press pb)
Goodison, Lorna. Selected Poems ( Univ. of Michigan Press pb)
Hardy, Thomas. Selected Poems ( Oxford Univ. Press pb)
Johnson, Trevor. A Critical Introduction to the Poems of Thomas Hardy (Macmillan pb)

Highly Recommended:

Peck, John. How to Study a Poet (Macmillan pb)

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