CCN: LIT2030
Title: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
Credit Hrs: 3.00
Description
Students will read a chronological survey of poets from the Renaissance to the present with focus on backgrounds and periods. They will recognize the major themes of poets and complete basic written analyses of techniques used in various representative works of poetry. Students will be introduced to the conventions and elements that work to create a poem and make meaning and explore the relationship of poetry to the human experience. Texts may be selected from the poetry of various cultures and time periods, such as Romanticism, Modernism, New Formalism, the Imagists, the Black Arts Movement, the New York School, the Beats, Confessional Poetry, Performance Poetry, Concrete Poetry, Language Poets, or other movements and forms, but must include selections from the Western canon. LIT2030 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2030 meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.
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