School of Letters Department of Humanities Literature Course
English Linguistics & Literature Major
Major (Credit 2)

Intended Year: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade
Intended School:
English Literature (Seminar XI)
English Literature (Seminar XI)
Sub Title  Philip Larkin and Twentieth-Century British Poetry
外国人教師 Iain TWIDDY
Numbering Code: LET-HUM3575J
Course Code:
2023 FallTerm
weekly Mon4
Ito Classroom
E科目 (English, English)
Course Overview On this course we shall be reading a selection of the work of the English poet Philip Larkin (1922-1985). We shall read and discuss one or two poems each week. All members of the class will be expected to have read the poem/s, and to contribute to class discussion. We shall also discuss the literary, biographical, historical and political context of the poems, reading poetry that influenced Larkin, as well as poetry that Larkin influenced. By the end of this course, students will have a thorough knowledge of twentieth-century British poetry.
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