English
3362 Summer I: 2003
M-Th
10:30-12:50
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| Course Description: This
course aims to introduce students to the fundamental elements of poetry, enhancing their
ability to enjoy and comprehend the genre. Significant attention will be paid to close
reading of individual poems and to the development of a precise vocabulary for making
observations about poetry. Ultimately, students should acquire such skills as will allow
them to read, interpret, analyze and even teach poems independently. Part of the method
for gaining comfort with poetry will be through saturation: we will often focus on one
poem for an extended period of time, perhaps even a poem that you have listened to and
read repeatedly at home. Each day, you should spend at least fifteen minutes
reading/listening Poetry Speaks; the course will count on these explorations and the poems
that we treat deeply may be those you discover and propose through your daily
"devotions". On the calendar, you will find a rough sequence of topics for
discussion; at times we may work on two or three poems that exemplify a topic. Other days,
your comments and questions about a given poem may lead us to unpredicted explorations of
new terms and possibilities. Our reading will thus need to be open to modification,
digression, and improvisation--as the poems, and your various interests and needs dictate.
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