Telling Stories: Narrative Poetry
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Sort Desciption: Telling Stories: Narrative Poetry. ENG 4552. 12 – 1:15 pm, Tuesday and Thursday. Room 406. Nowadays we think of fiction and poetry as distinct modes of ...
Content Inside: STERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN YESHIVA UNIVERSITY Jay Ladin ladin@prodigy.net (the best way to reach me) Office Hours: TBA Telling Stories: Narrative Poetry ENG 4552 12 – 1:15 pm, Tuesday and Thursday Room 406 Nowadays we think of fiction and poetry as distinct modes of writing – or even as completely different art forms. But for millennia, the most important stories were sung or chanted as poems. This class will introduce you to a wide range of poetic techniques and practices – and to a wide variety of approaches to reading, responding to and analyzing poetry – through an exploration of narrative poetry in English from Chaucer to the present day. Though we will read a great variety of poems, we will focus throughout on how dramatic monologues generate a sense of voice and situation. In a few short lines, dramatic monologues can create an astonishing empathy with and insight into characters. We will examine how masters of monologue from Chaucer to contemporaries such as Frank Bidart make marks on a page feel like harrowing intimacies, and fictional speakers seem like real people. GOALS: To develop a working knowledge of how to read, analyze, and compare poems; to develop a working vocabulary for articulating insights into and experiences of poems; to develop a feeling for metrical and non-metrical prosodies; to gain a sense of the scope and variety of poetry in English, and a taste for its major modes; and to understand basic techniques and challenges of poetic narration. TEXTS : The Norton Anthology of Poetry (Ferguson, Salter and Stallworthy) An Exaltation of Forms (Finch and Varnes) Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction (Attridge) The Tragedy of King Lear (New Folger Library Shakespeare) In the Western Night: Collected Poems (Frank Bidart) REQUIREMENTS: Reading: I have assigned a relatively small amount of poetry for each class because I want you to read each text slowly and thoughtfully. You should read at least a few of the poems aloud – to someone else ...
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