ENG 3140 - Literary Genre: Poetry

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or 2100 or permission of instructor

Description: This course provides an in-depth study of poetry as a literary form. In addition to reading and discussing a variety of poetry, students address poetic, aesthetic, historical, cultural, and critical questions relevant to our understanding of the development of poetry, its defining features, structures, and variations. Representative texts in a given semester will include multiple periods and sub-genres but may focus on a particular theme.