School of English
Module manager: Professor Paul Hammond
Email: p.f.hammond@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2016/17
ENGL3329
This module is not approved as a discovery module
To acquire and develop an understanding of the poetry of T. S. Eliot.
Students will have developed:
- the ability to use written and oral communication effectively;
- the capacity to analyse and critically examine diverse forms of discourse;
- the ability to manage quantities of complex information in a structured and systematic way;
- the capacity for independent thought and judgement;
- critical reasoning;
- research skills, including the retrieval of information, the organisation of material and the evaluation of its importance;
- IT skills;
- Efficient time management and organisation skills;
- the ability to learn independently.
- Skills for effective communication, oral and written.
- Capacity to analyse and critically examine diverse forms of discourse.
- Ability to acquire quantities of complex information of diverse kinds in a structured and systematic way.
- Capacity for independent thought and judgement.
- Critical reasoning.
- Research skills, including information retrieval skills, the organisation of material, and the evaluation of its importance.
- IT skills.
- Time management and organisational skills.
- Independent learning.
This module provides an opportunity to study in detail the poetry of T. S. Eliot. From the fragmented rewriting of European culture in The Waste Land (1922) to the mystical vision of time and place in Four Quartets (1936-42), it was principally Eliot's poetic voice which more than any other defined the modernist ethos and aesthetic in Britain. His oeuvre is not large, so we shall be able to take our time over the major poems, but the poetry demands - and repays - close attention. Seminars will be devoted mainly to the careful reading of the principal poems, and will address Eliot's texts in the light of the large questions which recur across his work: the deployment of different poetic voices and experimentation with poetic form; the development of a radically new poetic language; his journey from agnosticism to acceptance of Christian belief; the paradox of the American who reinvents himself as the spokesman for English culture. In addition to the major poems, we shall read selected critical essays by Eliot, which will be provided as photocopies.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meetings | Delivery type 5 | Number 1 | Length hours 5 |
| Seminar | Delivery type 10 | Number 1 | Length hours 10 |
| Private study hours | Delivery type 185 | ||
| Total Contact hours | Delivery type 15 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | Delivery type 200 | ||
Teaching will be through weekly seminars (10 x 1 hour) plus up to five additional hours which will be used for advice on the preparation/development of the assessed essay.
Private Study: Reading, seminar preparation and essay writing.
- Seminar contribution
- Feedback on 500 word unassessed piece of work
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment type Essay | Notes 4000 words including quotations and footnotes, but excluding the bibliography. In addition a short 500 word piece of unassessed work will be required, for example a commentary or a book review. This does not form part of the assessment for this module, but is a requirement and MUST be submitted. Students who fail to submit the unassessed essay will be awarded a maximum mark of 40 for the module (a bare Pass). | % of formal assessment 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | Assessment type 100 | |
In addition a short 500 word piece of unassessed work will be required, for example a commentary or a book review. This does not form part of the assessment for this module, but is a requirement and MUST be submitted. Students who fail to submit the unassessed essay will be awarded a maximum mark of 40 for the module (a bare Pass).
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 01/04/2016
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