| English 2273 -- Winter 2005 |
Sixteenth-Century Literature |
| Final Exam | |
| The final exam will be generated from class discussions following from your presentations. Beginning as early as is practical in the term students will begin presenting their work to the class. In the presentation, each of you will be charged with the duty of educating your classmates about your poem and the poet who wrote it; in the final exam, you will be tested on the attention you paid to others' presentations during the term, and to the questions and ideas that followed the presentations. Obviously, the only way to prepare for such an exam is to attend class every day. | |
| You should prepare for a question on the status of poets as liars in which you will be required to refer to Sir Philip Sidney's Defence of Poesie, and at least one poem from those presented in class. | |
| One of the questions will require you to articulate the theme of your poem. | |
| One of the questions will require you to discuss at least
two of the poems presented in class in terms of the list of
themes we generated in class. These themes are (*.*) Love Inevitability of Death - memento mori Time Unrequited love (lust) eternity vs. temporality deep truth vs. superficial appearance God (religion; Christian praise; devotion) Inspiration Desire Ars poetica Self-examination |
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