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Poetry and Poetics
| Course Number: | LIT 204 |
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| Title: | Poetry and Poetics |
| Day & Time 1: | MWF 09:00AM 09:50AM |
| Instructor I: | Thickstun M |
| Credit: | 1.00 |
| Course Description: | This course examines how poems work: how they are constructed, and how they produce meaning, pleasure, and cultural value. We will study poetry in terms of prosody, conventions, history, genre, and reception, with the goal of teaching the essential skills of close reading and contextual interpretation. Readings are primarily from the traditions of poetry written in English. |
| Comments: | Open to Srs., Jrs., Soph., & 1st Yrs. Not open to senior English or Creative Writing concentrators. |
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