ENG 41 - The Art of Poetry

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Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

This course inquires into the nature and art of poetry. Why does poetry matter? How does it work? Does poetry do anything? -should it? To conduct this inquiry as poets and critics of poetry do, we will closely read and interpret many poems, across time and genre. We will ask how poets use structural choices, musical tools, and shaping devices to create and convey complex experiences. Students will learn to read with understanding, perception, and enjoyment; to recognize the relationships among a poem's form, its devices, and its content; and to write clear, meaningful critical explications of poems. This course is a short immersion in a lifelong, sustaining question: How do I read this poem? Prerequisites of ENG 1 and ENG 2 are required.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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