Course Contents

• Introduction of modern poetry and its socio political context. Introduction of T.S ELIOT as modern poet, his life and works • Thematic and stylistic analysis ofhis poetry in “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock” (1915) • Ts. Eliot post war modern Poet in “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock” • Background, thematic and stylistic analysis of Wasteland. Discussion on the title of wasteland Reading and explanation of Ist quartet • themes of moral, spiritual , social, cultural and religious degradation / reading and explanation of 2nd quartet • themes of politics ,war , alienation, sexual perversion / reading and explanation 3rd quartet • Stylistic analysis of modern techniques: symbols, myths, imagery and diction/ reading and explanation of 4th quartet • Revision of themes in Wasteland in its socio political background and T.S. Eliot Complex modern poetry. Discussion on the title of wasteland . Introduction of modern poetry with reference to W.B Yeats as modern poet, his life and works • Thematic analysis of his poetry with reference to old age, self freedom and revolution etc Thematic and stylistic analysis of “Among School Children” • Thematic and stylistic analysis of “Sailing to Byzantium “Byzantium” and the “Tower” • Thematic and stylistic analysis of “The Second Coming” and “Easter Rising”1916 socio-political background • Introducing Philip Larkin , his life and his works. Thematic and stylistic analysis of “Ambulances” and “The Whitsun Wedding” • Thematic and stylistic analysis of “Mc MXIV’ and “At Crass” • Introducing Ted Hughes, his life and his works. Thematic and stylistic analysis of“Thrushes’, “Pike Stations Full moon” and Little Frieda and “Wodwo” • Thematic and stylistic analysis of “The Hawk in the Rain”, “The Thought fox” “May Day on Holderness”. Ted Hughes as a animal poet, his views on shamanism , nature, validity, and creating order out of disorder .

Course Synopsis

This course includes modern poet like T. S Eliot, W B Yeats, Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes. It traces modern themes and modern experimentation in style, symbols and imagery. It aims to develop understanding of factors like Great Depression, WWI, WWII and Great Migration etc. It traces the modern themes and existentialist crisis of modern man.

Course Learning Outcomes

• To develop understanding of Socio Political and cultural background of Modern Poetry • To develop comprehension of modern Poetry • To analyze aftermath of War and Post War II • To familiarize with major modern trends in British and European history