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Elegiac Poetry: A Matter of Life and Death with John Mackay Mondays 6.30pm – 9pm 9 June to 14 July £20 per session |
When we experience personal loss, it is often difficult to articulate complex emotions, but reading poetry can help us through the mourning process and ultimately lead to a feeling of greater well-being. Elegy – poetry that expresses grief
and mourning – has ancient origins but retains a cathartic role today, memorialising loved ones or pondering the fragile vitality of life. This course explores the broad range of emotional and literary responses present in elegiac poetry over the twentieth and twenty-first century, from shock to humour, sadness to rebirth. Our discussions will focus on personal reflections provoked by the poems as we aim to uncover different approaches to grief and mourning, and in the process come to terms with our own mortality.
and mourning – has ancient origins but retains a cathartic role today, memorialising loved ones or pondering the fragile vitality of life. This course explores the broad range of emotional and literary responses present in elegiac poetry over the twentieth and twenty-first century, from shock to humour, sadness to rebirth. Our discussions will focus on personal reflections provoked by the poems as we aim to uncover different approaches to grief and mourning, and in the process come to terms with our own mortality.