Planning of Seminar sessions.

Research issues and cf. Griffin, Gabriele ed. Research Methods in English Studies, Edinburgh UP (2011).

The Great War as text and as pretext. Historical reality, cultural myhths and literary practices. The issue of the representation of war in fiction and poetry.

Reading in class of poems of the First World War and extracts from 'War Poetry: A Conversation' with Michael Longley, Andrew Motion and Jon Stallworthy ed. Santanu Das, The Cambridge Companion to The Poetry of the First World War. Cambrigde, 2013 (also avaiable via the Main Library's Electronic Resources)