'English Poetry - 20th Century' is a course offered in Ninth Semester of B. A. (Bachelor of Arts) English Language and Literature program at the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus.
To create a comprehensive awareness about 20th century English poetry; to introduce the students to the major social and cultural movements and dominant literary trends of the 20th century; to expose them to modern poetic techniques and devices through the works of major poets of the 20th Century.
Unit 1
Introducing Modern Poetry-Themes and concerns-Stylistic features-Movements.
Unit 2
T.S. Eliot: “The Wasteland” [Detailed]
Stephen Spender: “The Pylons” [Detailed]
W. B. Yeats: “Sailing to Byzantium” [Detailed] “Second Coming” [Non-Detailed]
Seamus Heaney: “Digging”, “Personal” [Non-Detailed]
Unit 3
W.H. Auden: “In Memory of W. B.Yeats” [Detailed]
Dylan Thomas: “Fern Hill” [Detailed]
R S Thomas: “The Prisoner” [Non-Detailed]
Unit 4
Philip Larkin: “Whitsun Wedding” [Detailed].
Ted Hughes: “Jaguar”, “Hawk Roosting” [Detailed].
John Hewitt: “Landscape” [Non-Detailed].
Robert Bridges: “To Catullus” [Non-Detailed].
Unit 5
Thom Gunn: “On the Move” [Detailed].
Muriel Spark: “The Messengers” [Non-Detailed].
Louis MacNeice: “Entirely” [Detailed].
John Masefield: “Sea-Fever” [Non-Detailed].