FYS 016 - Why Poetry Matters

Institution:

Lafayette College

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Description:

This seminar explores the social manifestations of poetry and people's appetite for it in such phenomena as poetry slams, subway posters, poetry of witness in extremity, videos, rap and oral performance, as well as in more academic forms. Students test definitions of poetry against their individual reading, listening, speaking, and writing experiences, studying how written and oral expressions both complement and contend with each other. Seetch

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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