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Academic Year 2002/2003

Poetry by Women
ENGL 283 FA
Crosslistings:
WMST 243

This course will explore how poetry by women challenges prevailing social arrangements and cultural traditions, and how it envisions change.

MAJOR READINGS

Poems by such poets as Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, H.D., Adrienne Rich, Rita Dove, Joy Harjo, Lucille Clifton, Mary Oliver. Various critical and historical essays. Selected prose by some of the poets.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Take home final exam, analytical journal, group presentation to class.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

See instructor for prerequisite override if you did NOT take English 201 but DO have equivalent preparation, for instance some other college-level course in the critical reading of poetry. This course is NOT for students who have NO EXPERIENCE with reading poetry.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: ENGL201 OR WMST101 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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