Lassen Community College Course Outline

ENGL-34 Studies in Poetry 3.0 Units

I. Catalog Description This course will examine the aesthetic, semiotic, and prosodic qualities of poetry from both the 20th and 21st centuries. Through selected readings, this course will foster close reading/analysis of contemporary poetry, providing an understanding of poetic form and function (poetics). This course has been approved for online, hybrid and correspondence delivery.

Prerequisites: ENGL-1 Before entering the course, the student should be able to 1. Demonstrate mastery of the basic rhetorical forms. 2. Understand the concept of analysis and critical reading/writing. 3. Write clear, logical, accurate short (3-page or 1050 word) essays. 4. Identify the basics of reasoning. Articulate a thesis and defend a view. 5. Logically develop an essay topic. 6. Understand the concept of a thesis that expresses an opinion supported with evidence. 7. Understand the effectiveness of examples and how to benefit from them. 8. Develop an essay using ample support. 9. Self-edit for grammar and punctuation. 10. Understand rhetorical modes so they may be used in support of a claim. 11. Use transitions to link ideas and create logical coherence. 12. Do independent pre-writing for extended essays. 13. Formulate longer papers using sources. 14. Use MLA for citations and Works cited. 15. Understand the basics of MLA and be able to use an MLA reference handbook. 16. Use the internet for research. 17. Appreciate the value of honest academic work & avoid involuntary plagiarism. 18. Recall the principles of good writing in a variety of essay types. 19. Recognize the concepts of purpose, audience and tone. 20. Recognize that different audiences are approached differently. 21. Express ideas with personal style. 22. Understand that language is selected depending on purpose writing. 23. Organize and self-edit without an instructor's pre-editing. 24. Use the internet to search and find credible sources. 25. Determine the credibility of web sites. 26. Read to find meaning and implication. 27. Be fluent with reading a variety of rhetorical types.

Transfer Status: CSU/UC GE Area C CSU Area C2 IGETC Area 3B 51 Hours Lecture Scheduled: Fall (even)

ENGL 34 Studies in Poetry Page 1 II. Coding Information Repeatability: Not Repeatable, Take 1 Time Grading Option: Graded or Credit/No Credit Credit Type: Credit - Degree Applicable/Credit TOP Code: 150300

III. Course Objectives A. Course Student Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course the student will be able to: 1. Identify specific poetic constructs, historical influences, and both established and experimental forms. 2. Write an extended literary analysis essay that is conscious of modernist and post- modernist poetics.

B. Course Objectives Upon completion of this course the student will be able to: 1. Identify the foundational constructs of poetics: Music, Movement, Tone, Meaning, Form, and Style. 2. Analyze and interpret various forms of poetry influenced by post-WWI poetical movements and schools. 3. Demonstrate understanding of appropriate academic discourse and the conventions 4. Demonstrate comprehension of the course content through class discussion, written exams, and essays using appropriate citation form. 5. Relate the poetic works to their historical, philosophical, social, political, regional, and/or aesthetic contexts.

IV. Course Content 1. Poetic examples will be analyzed from various post-WWI poetical movements and schools, such as (but not limited to): Dada, , Harlem, Renaissance, Beats, Confessional, Black Mountain, Berkeley/San Francisco Renaissance, Language, Metaphysical, New York, New England, New School, New Formalists, Prose, Persona, etc.

V. Assignments A. Appropriate Readings Selections of the textbook and selected poems

B. Writing Assignments Students will write extended literary analysis essays

C. Expected Outside Assignments Outside assignments may include reading and/or writing assignments beyond the course outline. Students will be required to complete two hours of outside-of-class homework for each hour of lecture.

D. Specific Assignments that Demonstrate Critical Thinking 1. Essays requiring theses, analysis and synthesis of the major themes of the course.

ENGL 34 Studies in Poetry Page 2 2. Essays and reading log entries requiring critical thinking as clarified under course objectives.

VI. Methods of Evaluation Traditional Classroom Evaluation: Essays/compositions (thesis statement, outline, bibliography/Works Cited, rough draft, final draft), homework, classroom discussion, journals, lab demonstrations and activities, multiple choice quizzes, and participation.

Hybrid Evaluation: All quizzes and exams will be administered during the in-person class time. Students will be expected to complete online assignments and activities equivalent to in class assignments and activities for the online portion of the course. Electronic communication, both synchronous and asynchronous (chat/forum) will be evaluated for participation and to maintain effective communication between instructor and students.

Online Evaluation: A variety of methods will be used, such as: research papers, asynchronous and synchronous (chat/forum) discussions, online quizzes and exams, posting to online website and email communications using the district’s approved learning management system.

Correspondence Evaluation: Same as face to face with the exception of the desired use of proctored exams and exclusion of participation in classroom activities. Students will be expected to complete assignments and activities equivalent to in-class assignments and activities. Written correspondence and a minimum of six opportunities for feedback will be utilized to maintain effective communication between instructor and student.

VII. Methods of Delivery Check those delivery methods for which, this course has been separately approved by the Curriculum/Academic Standards Committee.

Traditional Classroom Delivery Correspondence Delivery

Hybrid Online Delivery

Traditional Classroom Delivery: Lecture, discussion, research, composition and other appropriate activities to be determined by the instructor.

Hybrid Delivery: A combination of traditional classroom and online instruction will be utilized. Every semester, 34 hours of class will be taught face-to-face by the instructor and the remaining 17 hours will be instructed online through the technology platform adopted by the District. Traditional classroom instruction will consist of lectures, visual aids, discussions and group activities. Online delivery consists of instructor-generated information,

ENGL 34 Studies in Poetry Page 3 readings, news communications, web links and activities as well as facilitation of forum- based discussions and communications.

Online Delivery: Online written lectures, participation in forum-based discussions, online exercises/assignments contained on website, essays/compositions, email communications, postings to forums, and web-links will comprise the method of instruction.

Correspondence Delivery: Assigned readings, instructor-generated typed handouts, typed lecture materials, exercises and assignments equal to face to face instructional delivery. Written correspondence and a minimum of six opportunities for feedback will be utilized to maintain effective communication between instructor and student.

VIII. Representative Texts and Supplies Required Text: Turco, Louis. The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics, Including Odd and Invented Forms, Revised and Expanded Edition. 4th edition, 2011, University Press of New England; ISBN: 9781611680355. (Note: The 2011 edition is the latest edition)

Also required: 6-8 full-length works, recommended poets: Kim Addonizio Michael Earl Craig Seamus Heaney Robert Creeley Zbigniew Herbert Federico Lora e.e. cummings Anna Akhmatova Alison Haw. Deming Nazim Hikmet Nathaniel Mackey Tony Hoagland Bernadette Mayer Agha Shahid Ali Stephen Dobyns A.E. Housman J.D. McClatchy Yehuda Amichai Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) Heather McHugh A.R. Ammons Mark Doty Richard Hugo James Merrill John Ashbery David Ignatow W.S. Merwin Mary Jo Bang Alan Dugan Robinson Jeffers Jane Miller Joshua Beckman Czeslaw Milosz Marvin Bell Stephen Dunn Denis Johnson Marianne Moore Charles Bernstein Russell Edson Donald Justice Paul Muldoon Ted Berrigan T.S. Eliot Ilya Kaminsky Harryette Mullen Martin Espada Bob Kaufman Pablo Neruda Lawrence Ferlinghetti Jack Kerouac Naomi Shihab Nye Nick Flynn Galway Kinnell Frank O’Hara Eavan Boland Carolyn Forché Caroline Kizer Mary Oliver Caroline Knox Forrest Gander Kenneth Koch Ron Padgett Charles Bukowski Louise Glück Octavio Paz Michael Burkhard Allen Ginsberg Yusef Komunyakaa Fernando Pessoa Hayden Carruth Nikki Giovanni Sandra Cinsneros Peter Gizzi Sylvia Plath Amy Clampitt Jorie Graham Philip Larkin Lucille Clifton Marilyn Hacker Li Young Lee Kenneth Rexroth David Lehman Adrienne Rich Gilian Conoley Matthea Harvey Denise Levertov Rainer Maria Rilke

ENGL 34 Studies in Poetry Page 4 Arthur Rimbaud Michael Tieg W. Carlos Williams Alberto Rios Anne Sexton Dylan Thomas Terence Winch Theodore Roethke W.D. Snodgrass Natasha Tretheway C.D. Wright Pattiann Rogers Paul Verlaine Matthew Rohrer Alice Walker James Wright Muriel Rukeyser Jack Spicer Walt Whitman W.B. Yeats Dara Wier Dean Young Carl Sandburg Wislawa Szymborska Louis Zukofsky Tomaž Šalamun Allen Tate Peter Wild James Schulyer James Tate C.K. Williams

IX. Discipline/s Assignment English

X. Course Status Current Status: Active Original Approval Date: 03/15/2016 Board Approval Date: 04/12/2016 Chancellor’s Office Approval Date: 04/26/2016 Revised By: Cory McClellan Curriculum/Academic Standards Committee Review Date: 11/03/2020

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