ENGL 225 - Introduction to Poetry

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
This course is a study of poetry, from traditional to modern, and its structure, styles, movements, devices, techniques, and interpretations.

Prerequisite ENGL 101 or permission of instructor.

Text
Kennedy, X. J., and Dana Gioia, eds. An Introduction to Poetry. 13th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2010. Print.

Objectives
The student will be able to:

A. Demonstrate the ability to read with understanding and perception.

B. Demonstrate the skills necessary to analyze works of poetry for thematic content.

C. Recognize the relationship between the genre of poetry and the interpreted messages.

D. Write critical explications of poetry.

E. Communicate literary analyses with clarity and effectiveness.

Content
A. Defining poetry

B. Reading poetry

C. Examining forms and styles

D. Movements and schools

E. Poetic devices

F. Interpretation

G. Prosody

Student Evaluation
A. Analytical essays

B. Informal writing

C. Tests and quizzes

D. Discussion.

Bibliography
Adams, Stephen. Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms and Figures of Speech. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview, 1997. Print.

Bloom, Harold. How to Read and Why. New York: Touchstone, 2001. Print.

Corn, Alfred. The Poem’s Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 2008. Print.

Hunter, J. Paul, Alison Booth, and Kelly J. Mays. The Norton Introduction to Poetry. 9th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. Print.

McClatchy, J. D. The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry: Second Edition. New York: Vintage, 2003. Print.

—. The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry. New York: Vintage, 1996. Print.