Faculty of Educations

Model (No 12)

Course Specification : Introduction to Poetry

2006 - 2007

Farabi Quality Management of Education and Learning - 22/12/2024

University :Mansoura University

Faculty :Faculty of Educations

Department :Department of Foreign Languages

1- Course data :-

2- Course aims :-

This course provides students with a foundation in the methods of detailed reading and analysis essential to an understanding of literature in general and of poetry in particular.
It also helps students enhance the four major skills of English language: Listening, speaking, reading and writing

3- Course Learning Outcomes :-

4- Course contents :-

No	Topics	Week
1	Finding the detailed meaning of the poem
2	Finding the intention of the poet
3	Poetic devices: How the poet expresses himself
4	Sense devices: simile, metaphor, apostrophe, personification, etc.
5	Sound devices: alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, rhyme, rhythm, etc.
6	structural devices: repetition, contrast, illustration, etc.
7	Types of poetry: narrative, descriptive, reflective, etc.
8	A short poem for analysis
9	A long poem for analysis
10	How to read a poem loudly
11	Test and exam sample
12	What poetry is: An introduction
13	Poetic elements: What makes a poem a poem
14	Finding the meaning: the content
15	Finding the general meaning of the poem

5- Teaching and learning methods :-

S	Method
	- Listening to a poem in order to appreciate the sound effects: recorded material or instructor's reading
	- Reading a poem individually
	Reading a poem in a small group: dividing the class into groups
	Using the blackboard, the vidio projector and the written text

6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :-

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7- Student assessment :-

A. Timing

B. Degree

8- List of books and references

S	Item	Type
1	Beaty Jerome and Booth, Allison. The Norton Anthology to Literature. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.
2	• 6.2 - DiYanni, Robert. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. New York: McGrow-Hill Higher Education, 2002. Books
3	Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Ed. Stephen Booth. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977.
4	http://www.bartleby.com/
5	http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm
6	http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/index.html

9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course

S	Content	Study week
	Finding the detailed meaning of the poem
	Finding the intention of the poet
	Poetic devices: How the poet expresses himself
	Sense devices: simile, metaphor, apostrophe, personification, etc.
	Sound devices: alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, rhyme, rhythm, etc.
	structural devices: repetition, contrast, illustration, etc.
	Types of poetry: narrative, descriptive, reflective, etc.
	A short poem for analysis
	A long poem for analysis
	How to read a poem loudly
	Test and exam sample
	What poetry is: An introduction
	Poetic elements: What makes a poem a poem
	Finding the meaning: the content
	Finding the general meaning of the poem

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