Courses Catalogue

Studies In Poetry

Course Code: ELS 424
Credit Unit: 3
Academic Programme: Bachelor of Art Degree in English and Literary Studies
Faculty: English and Literary Studies
Status: Core
Programme Type: Bachelor

Course Description

An intensive and analytical study of major poetic forms in English or translated into English. Emphasis will be on a careful study of the different kinds of poetry and on how poetic forms change in response to aesthetic and intellectual movements. As much attention will be paid to poetic language and technique as to the major creative theories and critical documents of poetry.