Journalism 50.71 - The Lyric Tradition:Imagery,Structure,and Meaning

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CUNY Brooklyn College

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3 hours; 3 credits How to read lyric poetry effectively. A comprehensive acquaintance with traditional imagery, traditional versification, lyric structure, lyric "concentration," traditional themes,and conventional forms (e.g., sonnet, quatrain, couplet). Representative lyrics of the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries, including those that conform to lyric traditions (e.g., Marvell, Frost), rebel against them (e.g., Donne, Eliot), and put both conformity and rebellion in play at once (e.g., Dickinson, Williams).The genre's diversity, aesthetic value, and the values it implies. Prerequisite: English 1 or 1.7.

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3.00

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www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

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(718) 951-5000

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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