ENGL 208 Contemporary Poetry

This course focuses on conventions and characteristics of contemporary poetry and poets' creative process. Students study terminology and literary concepts in order to interpret, analyze and critically evaluate poems written from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. In addition, they are introduced to critical reading strategies, literary criticism, and an expanding literary canon which includes the work of culturally diverse poets.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Apply appropriate literary criticism (perspectives) for effective literary analysis of poems.
2. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
3. Pose questions and analyze themes that reflect the human condition, such as economic, ethical, historical, personal, political, and/or social issues discovered in poetry.
4. Analyze how poetry reflects human values and thus has relevance to today's world.
5. Analyze poetry for an academic audience.
6. Use a variety of media to convey characteristics, concepts, and devices of contemporary poetry.
7. Communicate effectively an understanding of the development of contemporary poetry and exchange ideas with others.
8. Create original poems using structural, thematic, and/or stylistic models of master poets.

Course Objectives

1. Apply appropriate literary criticism (perspectives) for effective literary analysis of poems.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP1

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Describe the aesthetic and structural characteristics of literature from different genres, literary periods, and perspectives.

2. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP2

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Compose and present creative and original projects of literary analysis supported by academic sources and documentation.

3. Pose questions and analyze themes that reflect the human condition, such as economic, ethical, historical, personal, political, and/or social issues discovered in poetry.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP3

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Explain how literature reflects the human condition, experience, values, and ethical questions.

4. Analyze how poetry reflects human values and thus has relevance to today's world.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP4

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Explain how literature reflects the human condition, experience, values, and ethical questions.

5. Analyze poetry for an academic audience.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric
   • Rubric for Writing Assignments

   Oral Communication

   • OC1
6. Use a variety of media to convey characteristics, concepts, and devices of contemporary poetry.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric
   • Rubric for Writing Assignments

   Oral Communication

   • OC3
7. Communicate effectively an understanding of the development of contemporary poetry and exchange ideas with others.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentations

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric
   • Rubric for Presentations

   Oral Communication

   • OC2
   • OC4
8. Create original poems using structural, thematic, and/or stylistic models of master poets.

   This objective is a course Goal Only