Extended data for Neoclassicist Poetry

Neoclassicist Poetry

Institution

Eötvös Loránd University

Related programme

English Applied Linguistics

Code

BMI-ANGD17-CI4aE.01

ECTS

3

ISCED code

0231 Language acquisition

Language of instruction

English

Academic term

1/2

Title

Neoclassicist Poetry hu

Neoclassicist Poetry en

Dryden: “Astrae Redux”; “Macflecknoe”; “Absalom and Achitophel”; Pope: from “Essay on Criticism”; “The Rape of the Lock”; from “Essay on Man”; from “Imitations of Horace”; Swift: from “A Tale of a Tub”; „The Lady’s Dressing Room,” from „Cadenus and Vanessa”; „Verses on the Death of Dr Swift.” Further texts for discussion and suggested critical sources will be announced at the first seminar, where students will also be invited to suggest works they are interested in.

Dryden: “Astrae Redux”; “Macflecknoe”; “Absalom and Achitophel”; Pope: from “Essay on Criticism”; “The Rape of the Lock”; from “Essay on Man”; from “Imitations of Horace”; Swift: from “A Tale of a Tub”; „The Lady’s Dressing Room,” from „Cadenus and Vanessa”; „Verses on the Death of Dr Swift.” Further texts for discussion and suggested critical sources will be announced at the first seminar, where students will also be invited to suggest works they are interested in.

This course focuses on what is also known as “Augustan” literature, and offers an introduction to some of its central works. We will discuss some intellectual contexts, such as the debate of the “ancients and moderns,” and the meanings of the labels “Augustan” and “Neoclassical.” The class discussions will be conducted through readings of particular works, though which students will also be introduced to some of the important generic and stylistic conventions of the poetry of the late-17th and early-18th centuries.

This course focuses on what is also known as “Augustan” literature, and offers an introduction to some of its central works. We will discuss some intellectual contexts, such as the debate of the “ancients and moderns,” and the meanings of the labels “Augustan” and “Neoclassical.” The class discussions will be conducted through readings of particular works, though which students will also be introduced to some of the important generic and stylistic conventions of the poetry of the late-17th and early-18th centuries.

Students will have to read works on a weekly basis and be prepared o discuss them in class. Regular reading and participation is required. Students are to hand in an end-term essay that discusses a chosen poem and that contains at least five critical references. Assessment is based on work throughout the term (reading, attendance, participation in discussions) and the quality of the end-term essay.

Students will have to read works on a weekly basis and be prepared o discuss them in class. Regular reading and participation is required. Students are to hand in an end-term essay that discusses a chosen poem and that contains at least five critical references. Assessment is based on work throughout the term (reading, attendance, participation in discussions) and the quality of the end-term essay.