WR 147 - Poetry Lab on Metaphor

Institution:

Stonehill College

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Description:

Three Credits Fall Semester An examination of the nature of metaphor in language and the function of metaphor in creative writing, especially students' own work. Analysis of the precise nature of the difference between metaphor and analogy, metaphor and sign, metaphor and symbol. Exploration of how poets - and writers in general - contextualizeand meterialize metaphor, focusing on metaphor as a vehicle of discovery in the work of Atwood, Dickinson, Shakespeare, and Garcia-Lorca.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stonehill.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 565-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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