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ENGL 112  How to Listen to a Poem, How to Read a Song  Units: 3.00  
This course aims to unlock poetry for students as an urgently relevant form of artful communication by focusing on the fundamental tools poets use to make meaning: form, style, tone, intertext. It includes song lyrics to demonstrate that poetry remains a vital part of popular culture.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite None. Exclusion Maximum of 6.0 units of ENGL at the 100-level.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Explain what poetry is, and what distinguishes it from other cultural forms.
  2. Identify the formal elements of a text and explain why they are significant.
  3. Demonstrate the interconnection between form and meaning.
  4. Identify the similarities and differences between literary and popular forms of poetry.
  5. Explain the role poetry plays as an expression of identity and aspiration, with special attention paid to marginalized voices (e.g. BIPOC writers).