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This seminar will offer an opportunity to discover Scottish poets of the present and their work. Although the Scottish referendum of 2014 failed to re-establish Scotland as an independent country, the status of Scotland is still very much a matter of debate, and poetry often contributes to this debate. However, not all poetry is political, and we will read a wide variety of poems addressing a wide range of topics.
A reader will be provided. The website of the Scottish Poetry Library can serve as an excellent introduction to what is currently happening in Scottish poetry; it can be found here:
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/
Requirements: reading the assigned texts, thorough preparation, active participation, and written work according to your particular Studienordnung. As always: read, think, enjoy (!!), annotate (!) and look things up if necessary. |
