Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of
English
Lit5-125 Workshop
in Critical Writing: Poetry
Autumn Semester
2018-2019
Thursday, 112
(Old Building), 11.00-13.30
Instructor
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Email
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Office Location
& Hours
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Irene
Stoukou
Course Coordinator:
Prof Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou
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309 D
Thursday 9.00-11.00
Wednesday 14.00-16.00 (by appointment
only)
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Course
Description
Aim of this course is to motivate
students to experience poetry as an ever-changing and dynamic genre and explore
the possibilities it offers for communicating and understanding the world
around us. Through familiarization with the main critical vocabulary used in
its analysis, you will practice how to approach a poem and construct a valid
interpretation both in oral and in written form considering critical concepts
like the speaker, persona(e), tone,
poetic metaphor, rhythm & meter, imagery, typography, etc. We will also
focus on how poetry interacts with other forms of art, like music, painting and
performance arts and try conversing with the poems we read through rewriting
them from our own perspective. It is important that you are familiar with the
poems analyzed in class each time, take active part in class discussions, and
do the writing assignments or creative writing exercises each week.
Requirements
Attendance:
Class attendance in this Workshop is a requirement. Students who miss more than three classes will
automatically fail the course.
Midterm Exam (600-700 words) 25% November 8, 2018
Class Participation &
Poetry Project (1000 words) 25% due
January 10, 2019
Final Exam 50% tba
Course
Materials
Poetry Corpus: The corpus contains the poems we
will discuss in class, along with some useful resources (available at Monochromia, Melenikou Konstantinou 26).
eLearning plarform (https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=6068): Make sure you are
all registered on eLearning (moodle), as course updates, reading and assignment
pointers, office hour changes, etc. will be announced there. You should visit the
platform regularly to keep up with the latest news, and check your
e-mail daily for general and urgent announcements.
http://authpoetryclass.blogspot.com/ This is our course blog! You are encouraged to participate in the
discussions, as well as post your work here in order for us to share feedback
and ideas.
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