Graduate School of Humanities Department of Languages and Literature Western Literature Field English Linguistics & Literature Speciality (Credit 2) Intended Year: Intended School:

British Culture (Seminar IV) British Culture (Seminar IV) Sub Title　 Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes 外国人教師・准教授 Iain TWIDDY

Numbering Code: Course Code: 2023 FallTerm weekly Thu3 Ito Classroom E科目 (English, English)

Course Overview

This course provides students with a thorough knowledge of one of the most productive literary relationships in twentieth-century English-language poetry. We shall be reading a selection of material by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, investigating how each drew formal and thematic inspiration from the other’s work. We shall read and discuss one or two poems each week, and all members of the class will be expected to contribute to discussion. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the groundbreaking nature of Plath and Hughes’s work, and of their personal struggles to achieve and maintain creative independence.

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