COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN POETRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3022 AMERICAN POETRY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR CARL JEFFREY BOON

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course focuses on American poetry.

The meaning of art and poetic expression in modern poetry will be grounded on a historical and aesthetic understanding.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to distinguish major arguments of American poetry within literary tradition.
2   to differentiate critical modes inquiry applicable to the analysis of modern poetry.
3   to identify skills of poetic analysis.
4   to establish skills of poetic analysis and critical synthesis toward building meaningful interpretations.
5   to locate an understanding of poetry within American literary modes of expression.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Thomas Morton, from The New English Canaan (1637);John Woodbridge `Epistle to the Reader (1650); Anne Bradstreet, `The Author to Her Book (1650), `In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665, Being a Year and Half Old (1665), `A Letter to her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment Lecture
2 Puritan meditations Michael Wigglesworth, from The Day of Doom(1662), `God s Controversy with New England ;Edward Taylor, `Huswifery , `Meditation 8 , `Meditation 150 Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
3 Poetries of Revolutionary America Philip Freneau, `On the Religion of Nature ; Joel Barlow, from The Columbiad(1807); Phyllis Wheatley Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
4 American Romantic verse William Cullen Bryant, `To A Waterfowl (1818), `A Meditation onRhode Island Coal ; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from The Song of Hiawatha(1855) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
5 Transcendentalist verse Jones Very, `The New Birth ; Ralph Waldo Emerson, `Song of Nature ; Walt Whitman, `Song of Myself (1855) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
6 Poetries of the Civil War Walt Whitman, from Drum Taps(1865); Herman Melville, from Battle Pieces (1866) Williams Carlos Williams Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
7 Emily Dickinson, `I heard a Fly buzz when I died (1862), ` Hope is the thing with feathers (c. 1861) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
8 Imagism Ezra Pound, `A Few Don ts by an Imagiste (1913), `In a Station of the Metro (1913), `Fan-Piece for Her Imperial Lord (1913), `Ts ai Chi h (1913); F.S. Flint, `Imagisme ; H.D., `Oread (1915), `The Pool (1915) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
9 Imagism William Carlos Williams, `Portrait of a Lady (1920), `The Red Wheelbarrow (1923), `This is Just to Say (1934) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
10 Modernism and history ¬ T.S. Eliot, `Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919), The Waste Land(1922) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
11 American pastoral Robert Frost, `The Pasture (1915), `Mending Wall (1914), `The Road Not Taken (1916) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
12 Other modernisms Marianne Moore, `Poetry (1919), `An Octopus Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
13 Other modernisms Wallace Stevens, `Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1917), `The Emperor of Ice-Cream (1922), `The Idea of Order at Key West (1934) Lecture/Study Group and Discussion
14 Concluding remarks Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Various texts provided by the lecturer

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures will provide theoretical knowledge applicable to the course content.
2. Study groups and class discussions will enhance acquired knowledge; ensure understanding, and engage students into meaningful argumentation.
3. Class blog will introduce and update most recent discussions, interpretation, and resources available in the area.
4. Midterm examination will evaluate student proficiency in the knowledge acquired until the midterm.
5. Final examination will evaluate student proficiency in the area throughout the semester.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

At the end of this course, students will
1. acquire knowledge concerning poetry.
2. establish a critical understanding of the American poetic tradition
3. acquire skills of poetic analysis and interpretation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1) Students are expeced to attend and participate to classes on a regular basis.
2) Students are expected to abide by academic code of ethics.
3) Students are expected to follow course content and stay updated with class requirements.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced prior to class meeting and to be updated in the class blog.

Office Hours

To be announced prior to class meeting and to be updated in the class blog.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures, discussion and in class activities 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.3
LO.455
LO.5

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