Seminar: AM Anglistik Literatur II: Nature Poetry - Details

Seminar: AM Anglistik Literatur II: Nature Poetry - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: AM Anglistik Literatur II: Nature Poetry
Semester WiSe 2026/27
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 26
Heimateinrichtung Englische Literatur und Kultur
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Nächster Termin Montag, 12.10.26, 10:15 - 11:45 Uhr Seminarraum 2 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Teilnehmende BA 90 Studierende Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Voraussetzungen erfolgreich abgeschlossenes Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Lernorganisation Alma, Deborah (ed). The National Trust Book of Nature Poems: Treasured Classics and New Favourites. National Trust, 2023.
Towers, Katherine. Oak. Picador, 2021.
Leistungsnachweis Studienleistung: Referat mit Thesenpapier
Prüfungsleistung: Hausarbeit (6000 w) in einem der beiden Modulteile
Lehrsprache(n) Englisch
Studiengänge (für) BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik
SWS 2 von 4
ECTS-Punkte 5

Modulzuordnungen

Kommentar/Beschreibung

This course uses a small anthology of nature poetry, recently published by the National Trust, as an introduction into a genre which is firmly part of the history of English literature. Please obtain the above edition, as we will not only analyse and discuss a range of poems (choosing various authors and forms from the 15th to 21st century) but also consider such questions as canonization, or the editorial choices of presentation and grouping in the anthology. We will also discuss how various critical approaches consider these texts and incude an eco-critical perspective. Additionally, we will read the long poem "Oak" by Katherine Towers in full (yes, you need to buy it) to compare it with the editorial changes of the anthology as well as discuss its connection to self-fashioning and English history. We will also include two post-colonial poems, John Agard's 'I am the Oak That Became a Ship' and Inua Ellams 'Fuck/Humanity' both from the nature poetry anthology edited by Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Woolf, Nature Matters (2025). You will find these two poems in the Stud-IP for download.