Operational Objectives
By the end of this lecture, learners will be able to:
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Remember key biographical and historical details about T.S. Eliot and the modernist period that shaped his work.
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Understand the concept of the “crisis of meaning” and how it is thematically embedded in The Waste Land and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
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Apply close reading techniques to examine poetic devices such as fragmentation, allusion, and imagery in Eliot’s major poems.
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Analyse how Eliot constructs themes of alienation, disillusionment, and spiritual decay through voice, form, and structure.
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Evaluate the function of myth and intertextuality in Eliot’s poetry as tools to cope with cultural fragmentation.
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Create an original interpretive response, either critical or creative, that reflects on Eliot’s vision of modernity and the self.