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English Literature/Poetry: Swan Songs – Endings And New Beginnings In Modernist Poems With Dr Holly Corfield Carr From University of East Anglia
November 27 @ 13:35 - 14:20
In this Literature/Poetry session with Dr Holly Corfield Carr, award-winning poet and Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, you’ll be exploring how to pay particular attention to endings in modernist poetry.
From the technical to the cultural, you’ll learn how to recognise, read and analyse different types of ending, from the power of a line break to the flourish of a poem’s final line, while considering how poets during the interwar period were thinking about change, hope and the future.
We’ll be looking closely at a pair of poems published a little over a decade apart—Edna St. Vincent Millay’s ‘Wild Swans’ (1921) and Marianne Moore’s ‘No Swan So Fine’ (1932)—and while this session will be particularly useful for those who are studying these poets, the session will offer a toolkit of close reading techniques designed to build confidence and creativity in the way students might engage with poetry more broadly.
Lecturer Profile: Dr Holly Corfield Carr
Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home.
As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.
Suitable for: Year 12 & 13 students (and equivalent) studying, or with a possible interest in studying, English Literature and related disciplines.
Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students may wish to consider the topic in advance, with respect to challenges they may face or questions they have. Students can also think about questions they have about studying at university level.
The IT Setup: The event will be run on Zoom and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the university via a microphone and/or typed comments and questions. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.
Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below: