Apr 16, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

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ENG 4820 - Form and Theory of Literary Genres: Poetry


Thorough study of certain issues in the understanding of poetry, with emphasis on choices that poets have to make; for instance, between formal verse and free verse, or between elevated diction and colloquial diction.

Requisites: 2 Creative writing courses (ENG 3610 or 3620 or 3630 or 3950 or 3960 or 3970 or 4860 or 4870 or 4880)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will become more sophisticated readers of poetry, from a practitioner’s perspective.
  • Students will deepen their awareness of poetic strategies for managing structure, diction, range of reference, and relation to reader.
  • Students will understand how poetry produces multiple aesthetic effects.



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