4:00p-5:15p TR (25) 3 cr

COAS INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION

This course will introduce students to reading poetry, emphasizing the brief lyric. We will pay particular attention to the formal elements of poetic expression, and to developing skills of explication and appreciation. Students will be required to explicate at least one poem successfully; to read poetry aloud with fluency; to recite at least one poem by heart; to become familiar with a basic critical vocabulary; to learn the principles of scansion.