Literature

LIT116B Encountering Antiquity

Introduces selected modes and forms of poetry with emphasis on close textual analysis. Considers uses of Greek and Roman antiquity in English/Anglo-American poetic practice from early to post-modernity by historicizing the reproduction of antiquity through poetic forms. Critical approach designations: Canons, Genres. Distribution requirement: Poetry, Pre-1750. (Formerly Pre- and Early Modern Literature 127.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Michael Ursell