Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of Surrey
Course Title:
Understanding Poetry
Course Number:
ELI1021
Course Description:
This module is designed to give students the confidence to read, study, and enjoy poetry. Over the course of the module students will learn to read and think critically about poems in English from a range of genres and historical periods, about the formal elements of verse (such as rhyme, lineation, stanza structure, and metre), and about the social and intellectual contexts that shape poetic writing. The module will introduce and examine the technical features of poetry as a form, and offer an in-depth consideration of some of the most important poetic genres: epic, lyric, dramatic, and free verse. In the final week of the module, a lecture given by one of Surrey University’s professional poets will introduce students to the most recent trends in contemporary poetry. By enabling students to acquire the knowledge and critical skills needed to appreciate and analyse poems, this module will provide a foundation for
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
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