|
|
|
Dec 15, 2025
|
|
University General Course Catalog 2018-2019 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
|
ENG 261 - Introduction to Poetry (2 to 3 units) (CO7)
Reading and discussion of selected British and American poems with attention to form and content.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 or ENG 114 .
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. use critical and practical concepts to analyze a range of poems and kinds of poetic form.
2. compose well-supported and coherent interpretative analyses of individual poems.
3. articulate the relationship between poems and their historical, artistic, and literary contexts.
4. demonstrate knowledge of poetic technique through expressive recitations of poems and a critical review of a poetry reading.
5. expressively read at least one poem in a public setting, demonstrating an understanding of poetic form, rhythm, theme, and shape.
Click here for course scheduling information. | Check course textbook information
|
|
|