LIT103 CM - The Idea of Poetry

The course is first and foremost a course in the reading of poetry and its focus will thus be on poets such as Wallace Stevens, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Sappho, Homer, Rainer Maria Rilke, Elizabeth Bishop and others. It will pay, however, special attention to the idea of poetry as such. What is poetry? What accounts for poets’ different definitions of the activity? Does the nature of poetry change over time and across cultures? These will be the questions of the course and they will be explored through theoretical readings on poetry.

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: LIT 103 CM