English 5013x2 - Thinking About Western Poetics - Winter 2020

 

Jan. 7:

Course Overview

Introduction to Western poetics

Two Column     For Printing
1. Criticism     Criticism
2. Poetics   Poetics
3. Classical Poetics     Classical Poetics
4. Medieval Poetics   Medieval Poetics
5. Renaissance Poetics   Renaissance Poetics
6. Metacriticism   Metacriticism
7. Rhetoric and Poetry   Rhetoric and Poetry
8. Romantic and Post-Romantic Poetics   Romantic and Post-Romantic Poetics

  • All the above


  • Cultural Poetics

    Jan. 9: Discussion

    • 384 - 322 BCE

    Aristotle's Poetics, or as a pdf.

    Jan. 14: Author biography and historical context - Cunningham
     Textual Overview - Cunningham
    Jan. 16: Textual Overview - Cunningham
     Discussion.

    100 - 1 BCE

    Horace Ars Poetica, or as a pdf.

    Jan. 21: Author biography and historical context - VanNorden
    Jan. 23: Textual Overview - Foote
    Jan. 28: Discussion.

    0 - 300 CE

    Pseudo-Longinus, On the Sublime, or as a pdf.

    Jan. 30: Author biography and historical context - Foote
    Feb. 4: Textual Overview - VanNorden
    Feb. 6: Discussion.

    1582

    Sir Philip Sidney Defence of Poesy or as a pdf.

    Feb. 11: Author biography and historical context - VanNorden
    Feb. 13: Textual Overview - Foote
    Reading Week [Feb. 17 - 21]
    Feb. 25: Discussion.

    1821

    Percy Bysshe Shelley Defence of Poetry, or as a pdf.

    Feb. 27: Author biography and historical context - Foote
    Mar. 3: Textual Overview - VanNorden
    Mar. 5: Discussion.

    1919

    T.S. Eliot Tradition and the Individual Talent.

    Mar. 10: Author biography and historical context - VanNorden
    Mar. 12: Textual Overview - Foote
    Mar. 17: Discussion.

    1934

    Ezra Pound The ABC of Reading.

    Mar. 19: Author biography and historical context - Foote
    Mar. 24: Textual Overview - VanNorden
    Mar. 26: Discussion.