Poetry & Poetics

English 211, Fall 1996

Location: [Reed College] [Department of English] [Laura Arnold] Poetry & Poetics

Name of Instructor

Laura Arnold

When It's Offered:

Fall 1996

Days It Meets:

TR 1:10-2:30

Prerequisites:

Humanities 110

Requirements This Class Fulfills:

For Majors: one 200 level course; For Non-majors: one unit Group A

Who should attend

English majors who would like to have a strong background in reading poetry; Anyone who loves poetry and wants to learn more about it.

Topics We Will Cover:

• Speaker & Diction
• Figurative Language
• Forms & Genres
• Versification
• Literary Criticism

Booklist

• M.L. Rosenthal, ed. Poetry in English
• Seamus Heaney, Station Island
• Course Reader (available in bookstore)
• The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry & Poetics (Recommended)
• M.H. Abrahms, A Glossary of Literary Terms
• Donald Hall, Claims for Poetry (Recommended)
• Behn & Twichell, The Practice of Poetry (Optional)

Syllabus

Questions? Contact Laura at