Course Description
Formal and thematic traditions of poetry in English, with
emphasis on techniques of reading and of writing critical
essays.
Athena Title
Introduction to Poetry Honors
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ENGL 3050
Prerequisite
(ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1103 or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H) and permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students learn to enjoy poetry more fully and in greater depth.
- Students will develop analytic tools for understanding how poetry works.
- Students will develop a repertoire of concepts and terms for speaking and writing about poetry.
- Students will develop a basic sense of the history and evolution of major poetic forms.
- Students will learn to write about poetry and poetic forms in a variety of different genres and media (web-postings, blog postings, college essays, examinations, research papers, group writing projects and so on).
Topical Outline
- Instructors may structure the course as they see fit. In general, topics will be chosen from the following list:
- 1. poetic form (meter, rhyme scheme, stanza, etc., as well as sonnet, villanelle, sestina, etc.)
- 2. poetic devices (metaphor, imagery, apostrophe, etc.)
- 3. the development of various poetic themes and styles over time
- In all cases, the course will be structured around student writing and both peer- and instructor-generated responses and feedback on those writing projects.
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
