Judson University ENG366 POETRY SYLLABUS MWF 3:00-3:50 CRSO 131 Varghese Mathai, PhD Professor of English LTOW

329 vmathai@judsonu.edu 847-628-1065 Main Text Fergusen, Margaret, Ed. Norton Anthology of Poetry: (Shorter 5th Ed). Norton, 2005. Reference Manual Brogan, T. V. F. The New Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms. Princeton, 1994. ISBN13: 978-0-69103672-4. Supplements Indexes to Anthologies. Bartleby.com. http://www.bartleby.com/verse/indexes.html Representative Poetry Online. University of Toronto. http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/intro.cfm Glossary of Poetic Terms http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_poetic_terms_e.htm WELCOME TO YOUR POETRY CLASS! Poetry is language at its best expression, predating literacy itself. Rather than being a byproduct of language in growth, poetry is the prime source of the formal development of language and literature. Historically it has served practical purposes of communication in essentially all knowledge fields. Works of early science, math, medicine, law, history and much more came down to us in poetic form, first orally, and then in writing. Poetry stands inseparable from religion, culture and philosophy. Many performance art forms are rooted in poetry. Good poetry defies definition, yet as many definitions exist of poetry as do poets. This course will be a taste fest of poetry in various ages in its form and content. CATALOG DESCRIPTION A critical study of representative poetical works of European and American Literature with optional texts from other regions of the world. Equips the student for deeper level reading and response to poetry. Active dialog in class on assigned readings and a progressive sequence of writing assignments intended to develop critical thinking and interpretive skills. GOALS By the end of this course, you will have learned to: Read, paraphrase, and explicate works of poetry with the appropriate tools of interpretation. Analyze the metrics, style and the rhetorical devices employed in the works read. Articulate deeper level meanings--literal, philosophical and spiritualthrough critical study of the text.

Demonstrate the ability to grasp and share the essence of a poets work in an effective mode of scholarly discourse (thematic exposition, argumentative appraisal).

ASSESSMENT Two short papers (one of 700 words and the other of 1200 words) on approved text themes with sufficient scholarly support One longer paper (1500 words) on an approved topic from the course with annotated bibliography, and peer review At least two assigned oral presentations Two Blackboard posts of topical discussions At least two worksheets Midterm and Final exams

YOU MUST CLEAR ALL WRITING TOPICS WITH ME BEFORE YOU START YOUR PAPERS. PAPERS WITH UNAPPROVED TOPICS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR READ. APPROVED TOPICS MUST GO THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUIRED BLACKBOARD POSTINGS FOR DISCUSSION. TALENT POOL If you have a talent that could be used for the benefit of the whole class, I can help you use it. Drawing, painting, computer graphics, public speaking, singing, acting and the like are some of the examples of the talents we can use in class to complement your reading and writing. You can earn extra points with these projects. CHANGES Any part of the syllabus, assignments, or class schedule may be modified, should the need for changes occur during the semester. ATTENDANCE Regular attendance is required. Each unexcused absence will cost you 10 points from your final grade. Please do not assume that you are privileged with a convenient number of unexcused absences. You need to be in class before the class starts. I will check your attendance every class. If you are not in at that time, you will be marked off as absent. GRADING Each graded assignment will have a numeral score in weighted value. Individual scores can be added up at any time during the semester to determine where you stand at that point. The final grade score will be on the following scale: A: 93 -100 A Minus: 92-90 B Plus: 86-89 B: 83-85 B Minus: 80-82 C Plus: 76-79 C 73-75 C Minus: 70-72 D Plus: 66-69

D: 65 Less than 65: F DISCRETIONARY GRADING FACTORS I will grant bonus points to individuals for their commitment and contributions to the class. Examples of creditable factors are voluntary contributions to the success of the class, leadership in discussions, significant peer assistance, etc. PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is intellectual theft. Any material you borrow for use in your papers and presentations must show source credit according to the guidelines of the MLA Handbook. Suspicious submissions will be tracked and their traced sources will be grounds for disciplinary action by the University. Any unacceptable work thus done will automatically result in the F grade. SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS All written assignments must be submitted ON BLACKBOARD in WORD. No other format is acceptable. You are expected to use the Blackboard throughout the semester. Each assignment is tied to the Blackboard gradebook to help you keep track of it without the risk of transit failure. The Blackboard will also carry open assignments for shared or peer reviewed work. Be prepared to participate regularly in frequent postings and discussions on Blackboard. Please print out a hardcopy of each graded assignment and hold it in your Semester Portfolio until the final course grade comes to you officially. DUE DATES AND LATE WORK All of your written work will have to be submitted via Blackboard on the day it is due, before the class meeting of the due date. That is to say, if the class meets at 12:00 noon, the ASSIGNMENT must appear submitted BEFORE the class starts. Late work will not be accepted. FINAL EXAM You must be present for your final examination. Do not plan early departure from campus prior to it. Ride share, advance booking of a flight, vacation, and so on should not conflict with your exams. COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1, Jan 11-13 Introduction Definitions of Poetry Outline of English Poetry Some Easy Starts: Howard Nemerov: A Primer of the Daily Round

Strange Metamorphosis of Poets Robert Frost: Provide, Provide A D Hope: Inscription from a War Seamus Heany: Digging John Hollander: Swan and Shadow Eric Ormsby: The Window May Swenson: Cardinal Ideograms Week 2, Jan 16-20 Ovid Metamorphoses, Bks I: Creation; Four Ages; Deluge XV: Pythagoras Translation link of Garth, Dryden et al: http://classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.1.first.html

Petrarch Brown University Link: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/texts Sonnets #1, 61 Auslander Trans. #62, Bergonzi Trans. #90, Bishop Trans. #292, Morgan Trans. #300, Morgan Trans. #337, Bishop Trans. Week 3, Jan 23-27 Shakespeare Sonnets Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds Worksheet on Ovid, Petrarch and Shakespeare Due Jan 27 Excerpts from Shakespearean Drama As You Like It: II. ii. 139-166 The Merchant of Venice, Act IV. I Week 4, Jan 30-Feb 3 Milton Sonnets Paradise Lost, Bk I, Bk IX Reaction to or Critical Appreciation of a Poet or Poem(s) in 700 words Due Feb 3 Week 5, Feb 6-10 Marvel To His Coy Mistress Jonson A Fit of Rhyme against Rhyme Come My Celia, Let Us Prove On My First Son

To John Donne A Hymn to God the Father Marlowe and Ralegh The Passionate Shepherd to His Love [read with] The Nymphs Reply Blackboard Posts Due Discussion Concurrent with Classes Week 6, Feb 13-17 Donne Holy Sonnets Good Friday, 1613 Hymns A Valediction Forbidding Mourning Week 7, Feb 20-24 Dryden MacFlecknoe Donne and Dryden Worksheet Week 8, Feb 27-March 2/ Midterm Week Racine Phaedra, Act III A Critical Paper on an Approved Poetical Topic in 1200 words Due March 2 Blake Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience Songs and Ballads Week 9, March 5-9 Spring Break Weeks 10-11, March 12-23 Wordsworth Ode on the Intimations of Immortality Sonnets Shelley Adonais Archys Song from Charles I Prometheus Unbound The Two Spirits: An Allegory Mutability Ozymandias Defense of Poetry Keats On First Looking into Chapmans Homer On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Again To Homer On the Sonnet Ode to a Nightingale Ode on a Grecian Urn Byron She Walks in Beauty

Prometheus The Destruction of Sennacherib Reports on Romantics Week 12, March 26-30 Tennyson Lotos-Eaters Ulysses Crossing the Bar The Lady of Shallot [both versions, 1832 and 1842] [May substitute Byron and Tennyson with American poets Whitman, Longfellow, Dickinson and Frost] Week 13, April 2-6 / April 6 Good Friday, No Class Annotated Bibliography for Paper II Due April 2 Baudelaire The Flowers of Evil Correspondences Invitation to the Voyage Spleen LXXVIII Spleen LXXIX Spleen LXXXI The Voyage Browning My Last Duchess Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister A Grammarians Funeral Abt Vogler Browning, Elizabeth B Sonnets from the Portuguese Great Victorians Worksheet / Bb Concurrent with Classes Week 14, April 9-13 Hopkins The Caged Skylark Habit of Perfection Binsey Poplars The Windhover The Terrible Sonnets Duino Elegies The First Elegy The Ninth Elegy Research Paper on an Approved Topic Due April 13

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Week 15, April 16-20 Eliot The Journey of the Magi The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Week 16, April 23-27 Tagore Gitanjali Commonwealth Poets [Supplement] Representative Poetry Online, University of Toronto April 24 Study Day April 25-27 Final Exam Note: I welcome your correspondence and visits throughout the semester for learning as much as for friendship. Make good community complement all our classes, texts, and disciplined conduct. Have a good semester! ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY Bb Posts and Reports concurrent with syllabus Ovid, Petrarch, Shakespeare wks Jan 27 Reaction/Critical Appr [700-word] Feb 3 Shorter Paper [1200-word] Mar 2 Annotated Bibliography for Research P Apr 2 Research Paper [Longer, 1500-word] Apr 13 Final Exam