ENGL 204 Introduction to Poetry*
This course concentrates on reading, analysis, and discussion of traditional and contemporary poems. Students examine various elements of poetry, such as form, speaker, rhythm, rhyme, imagery, and figures of speech.
ENGL 204Introduction to Poetry*
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I. General Information
Department
English, Languages, and Philosophy
II. Course Specification
Course Type
Program Requirement
Credit Hours Narrative
3 Credits
Semester Contact Hours Lecture
48
Prerequisite Narrative
ENGL 102
Grading Method
Letter grade
III. Catalog Course Description
This course concentrates on reading, analysis, and discussion of traditional and contemporary poems. Students examine various elements of poetry, such as form, speaker, rhythm, rhyme, imagery, and figures of speech.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Use literary elements, conventions, themes, and historical and literary contexts, distinctive to the genre at hand, to support meaningful interpretations of a novel, poem, short story, play, or prose piece.
- Contextualize the significance of a literary selection (novel, poem, short story, play, film, or prose piece) in an appropriate cultural, historical, thematic, and/or other relevant way.
- Discuss the significance of cultural, historical, thematic, and theoretical perspectives in interpreting literature.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
VI. Delivery Methodologies