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