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LITR 360 - Poetics 3 s.h.


This class offers a historical overview of theories about poetry, poetic form, and the role of the poet in society. The course will begin with a study of the earliest classical texts on the nature of poetry (Plato and Aristotle), then explore in depth the Romantics, the source of the most influential ideas about poetry, which remain with us to this day. From there we will consider the major aesthetic movements that emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century (Modernism, Surrealism, Negritude) and those that reflect the cultural and political fragmentation of the post-WWII era, often lumped under the title of “Postmodernism.” A-E Only. Offered once every two years.
Prerequisite(s): LITR 150