Approaches to Genre: Lyric Poetry
Lyric: Slow Reading
Lyric: Slow Reading
Course Number:
202B
Course Type or Level:
Instructor:
Ellen Oliensis
Days:
M
Time:
2-5
Semester:
Location:
125 Dwinelle
What are the special resources and pleasures of what is generally if loosely identified as “lyric poetry”? This seminar will start off with a series of sessions devoted to topics such as space, time, syntax, persona, gender, figure, and ecphrasis, with readings drawn mostly from the European lyric tradition. After spring break, readings and topics will be shaped by students in accordance with their research interests.