DESCRIPTION Critics argued that Robert Lowell's Life Studies set a precedent for confessional poetry in the middle of the twentieth-century. The unit analyses the nature of this precedent by investigating links with the lyric, Romanticism, a revised notion of Modernist impersonality, and Beat poetry. It documents the confessional impulse inspired by Lowell, chiefly through a study of the work of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, and examines the history of confessional literature from Augustine to Ben Elton.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 3,000 words of internal written assessment (60%), two-hour examination (40%)
TEACHING PATTERN: Internal (Five contact hours fortnightly for 13 wks); or Distance Education
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Web dependent -
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Some parts of this unit will be taught online
Resource dependent teaching & learning -
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Independent study with provided resources replaces face-to-face or other classes (e.g. lectures)
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Web dependent -
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