ELIT3020-A Sem In Lit: Selected Poets (Fall 2017)
Course Details
Session, Dates: 1 (08/28/2017 - 12/16/2017)
Days: T R
Time: 02:00 - 03:15 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Wheatley Center 111
Seats Available: 28 Seats
Credits: 3
Course Description
This course enables students to study the lives and works of important poets from a literary critical point of view, examining the historical evolution of poetry and poetic forms, the distinctive features of poetry, the unique qualities of individual poets, the historical and cultural contexts of their writing, and strategies for reading and interpreting poetry. The course will include examples of epic, narrative, and lyric poetry and may include the study of important poets in translation (such as Sappho, Dante, Mallarme, or Rilke).
Prerequisites: Any ELIT course and 75 credits
Prerequisites: Any ELIT course and 75 credits
Course Materials
About the Instructor(s)
Connie M. Ruzich, Ph.D.
ruzich@rmu.edu
412-397-6453 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 220
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University Professor of English
Arts and Humanities
Coordinator, RMU Writing Center
Arts and Humanities
ruzich@rmu.edu
412-397-6453 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 220
Profile