Techniques of Poetry: Prosody and Poetic Form
ENGL 216
Fall 2024
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01
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By examining select Western and non-Western poetic forms, with the haiku and sonnet serving as formal anchors, students will study poems across the centuries and into the contemporary moment¿and thus sharpen their aesthetic eyes and ears in preparation for drafting their own poems. Students will practice further as they read and provide feedback on each other¿s drafts in modified workshop sessions, wherein the poet, rather than the classroom, sits at the center. Students will exercise the forming of images, the uses of rhetoric by way of the volta, and develop an ear for the pentameter line. By the end of the semester, students will have developed a more sensitive attention to their writerly decisions; and will have a firm grasp on the occasions that might call for particular forms. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Robert Hass, THE ESSENTIAL HAIKU; Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Laux, THE POET¿S COMPANION; Annie Finch and Kathrine Barnes, AN EXALTATION OF FORMS: CONTEMPORARY POETS CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR ART
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Examinations and Assignments:
Biweekly poetry submissions; constructive oral and written peer critiques; a final collection of revised poems and a reflective essay.
Biweekly poetry submissions; constructive oral and written peer critiques; a final book arts project consisting of a 10-page collection of revised poems and a reflective essay. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements:
CW requirement, CW path course (but not 300-level course or upper-level workshop), elective.
The English department highly recommends that students be enrolled in only one CW course in a semester. If you are admitted to more than one CW course, the department requests that you choose one and let the instructors know during Adjustment Period. By doing so you will be considerate of instructors and other students. |
| Instructor(s): Lin,Esther Times: .M.W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: FISK412; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 4 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 3 |
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