Eng 231

Course Title and code: Eng 231/ Appreciating Poetry

Contact Hours: 2 Hours

Credit Hours: 2 Hours

Required Text(s): Sound and Sense (8th ed.) by Laurence Perrine and Thomas R. Arp.

Essential References: A Dictionary of Literary Terms

Course Description:

Course Description: This course will elaborate on student's knowledge of the primary knowledge of the poetry genre. It will introduce students to the basic elements of poetry to develop their ability to analyze poems. It seeks to give students a sufficient grasp of poetry for reading it with appreciative understanding.

Course Objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. Define poetry as a specific literary genre and distinguish it from other literary genres.

2. Paraphrase and Summarize a poem in order to understand its meaning.

3. Analyze imagery and figurative language as elements of poetry.

4. Identify speaker, tone, situation, and setting as elements of poetry and connect these elements to the meaning of the text.

5. Analyze sound and rhythm as elements of poetry and understand their role in making meaning in the text.

6. Write an analysis of a poem in standard English.

Points Distribution:
Midterm # 1 = 25
Midterm # 2 = 25
Writing Assignments = 5
Presentation= 5
Final = 40
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Total = 100
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