Course Description:

This course is intended to read and analyze a group of twentieth century poets whose works contribute on a large scale both in terms of creating the modernist poetic movement and critiquing the socio-cultural conditions of twentieth century society.

Course Objectives: 

- To gain an understanding of the historical background of twentieth century poetry genres. 

- To enable the learner to have proper understanding of twentieth century modern poetry themes and characteristics. 

- To read and analyze seminal poems of the twentieth century. 

- To study the basic features and development of twentieth century poetry.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Identify and explain the characteristics and approaches of twentieth century literature (CLO 1)
• Produce a critical appreciation of the poems by analyzing context (CLO 2)
• Evaluate poetry of the century critically and creatively in the context of contemporary world (CLO 3)
  
• Apply the achieved knowledge to the practical life for solving as well as facing various issues like indecision, critical situation, hostile atmosphere, social binaries etc. (CLO 4)
  

• W. B. Yeats: "Easter 1916", “The Second Coming” and “Sailing to Byzantium”
• T. S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
• W. H. Auden: “The Shield of Achilles”
• Dylan Thomas: “The Force that Through the Green Fuse” and “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”
• Ted Hughes: “Pike"