![]() Learning systems of abstract representation ![]() Reduce their fear of quantitative and formal reasoning, have a sense of confidence and mastery Goals for Engl 212: by the end of the semester, students will be able to…ĭeepening understanding and appreciation of quantitative and formal reasoning COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:Įducational Goals for this course reflect the Q criteria Q criteria Skill in Mathematics is not a requirement. Note: This course is accredited as Quantitative Analysis (Q) and its intent is to give English Majors and Minors a practical grounding in poetic analysis which will assist them in 300- and 400-level poetry courses. Creative writing assignments will allow students to put their knowledge of metrics into poetic practice. We will engage in a variety of practice analyses (asynchronous, with optional synchronous online sessions) which will prepare students for a more extensive analysis in the essay assignment. Students will apply scansion and metrical analysis to a variety of poems from many periods in English literature, linking metrics to other poetic elements such as verse form and sound patterns. We will explore other traditional meters such as syllabic and accentual meters. COURSE DETAILS:ĭoes analyzing poetry scare you? Do you feel shaky in the knees when you hear the words “anapestic tetrameter”? Let this course change your fear to confidence! It will introduce students to scansion (a system of representing rhythmic patterns in English poetry) and the analysis of scanned lines in different kinds of verse, focusing on the accentual-syllabic meter primarily in use from 1500 to 1900 CE. A study of different historical methods of measuring poetry in English, with practice in scanning and analyzing poems using different methods of quantitative analysis (e.g.
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