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INTRODUCTION TO POETRY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ELL205 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 3 3 3 6

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: This course aims to provide a foundation for the “close reading” of various types of poems written in different historical periods. It focuses on the terms and the elements of poetry, such as, diction, style, and poetic device in order to develop analysing skills supporting to construct an academic argument in literary studies.
Content: This course provides conceptual background about literary terms and concepts used in analyses of poems such as figures of speech, diction, imagery, symbolism, allegory, and syntax as well as analyses of selected poems.