Techniques of Poetry: Prosody and Poetic Form
ENGL 216
Spring 2025
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01
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When to write prose and when to write poetry -- what is the occasion for one and not the other? Is it verse that makes a poem? In this introductory poetry course, we will study forms that flirt with prose while remaining, ultimately, poetry -- in all its heightened language, figuration, and foregrounding of white space. These forms include the prose poem, zuihitsu, haibun, as well as verse poems. The class culminates in an intensive study on various schools of thought around the line length and line break. |
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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 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
Frank Bidart¿s In the Western Night
Kimiko Hahn's The Unbearable Heart
Robert Hass's The Essential Haiku
Maggie Nelson¿s Bluets
Yanyi¿s The Year of Blue Water
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Examinations and Assignments:
Regular submission of poetry for workshop and one-on-one feedback; a weekly critical response to readings; constructive oral peer critiques; a final portfolio consisting of revisions of poems written for class 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: ..T.... 08:50AM-11:40AM; Location: DWNY208; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 4 | FR: 0 |
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