ClassInfo - Fall 2018 English Classes

Fall 2018 | ENGL 1915 Section 001: Poetry and Poetic Form (33536)

Instructor(s): Brian Goldberg
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018

Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM

UMTC, East Bank

Lind Hall 315
Enrollment Status:: Open (18 of 20 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: "Poetry," William Wordsworth tells us, "is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," but he goes on to insist that these emotions must be "recollected in tranquillity," that is, they are put into some kind of form by the work of the poet. In this seminar, we will pay close attention to the powerful images, flights of intelligence, and depths of feeling that good poetry often provides, and we will also focus on technical matters such as rhyme and meter, the characteristics of various "fixed forms" (the sonnet, the villanelle, the pantoum) and "open forms" (the elegy, the ode), and on the special features of free verse. As part of their work as readers, students will be encouraged to experiment with writing in certain verse forms.
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?goldb016+ENGL1915+Fall2018
Class Description:: "Poetry," William Wordsworth tells us, "is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," but he goes on to insist that these emotions must be "recollected in tranquillity," that is, they are put into some kind of form by the work of the poet. In this seminar, we will pay close attention to the powerful images, flights of intelligence, and depths of feeling that good poetry often provides, and we will also focus on technical matters such as rhyme and meter, the characteristics of various "fixed forms" (the sonnet, the villanelle, the pantoum) and "open forms" (the elegy, the ode), and on the special features of free verse. As part of their work as readers, students will be encouraged to experiment with writing in certain verse forms.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33536/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 7 February 2018

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