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