LEVEL FIVE

The main objective of this course is to offer students the opportunity to study 20^th and 21^st Century World Poetry within the context of their historical, cultural and technological changes, which we refer to as ‘modernity’ and ‘postmodernity’. The course focuses on close textual analyses, interpretation and critical evaluation of poetry. It also empowers students with modern and postmodern poetics skills in relation to symbolism, experimentation, the avant-garde, existentialism, post colonialism, expressionism, collage, assemblage, installations, intertextuality, etc. Some of the most important literary works written in Great Britain and America, Africa, etc., during the period 1900 to 1960 and beyond, are introduced. The range of material included and what has been left out are incomparable. Learners are therefore encouraged not to view this course as the definitive canon of 20^th and 21^st century world literature, but rather as a useful starting point for future reading.