COLT 1430W S01 [CRN: 23829]
The elegy, a poem of mourning, is one of the oldest and most widespread genres of literature. It is found in classical Greek and Latin poetry as well the verse of pre-Islamic Arabia. It is also a vital contemporary genre. How do these very different poetries respond to the common fact of death? How are loss and absence converted into verbal presence, a text for reading? We will read a range of verse, from disparate periods and cultures, including poems by Virgil, al-Khansa’, Milton, Lorca, Ann Carson, and Breyten Breytenbach. Critical texts include readings by Freud, Sacks, and Ramazani.
- Course Syllabus
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- Term
- Spring 2013
- Credit Hours
- 1.0
- Maximum Enrollment
- 999
- Primary Instructor
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- Meetings
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10:30 am - 11:50 am Tue, Thu - from Jan 23, 2013 to May 17, 2013
- Exam Group Code
- 09 (May 8, 2013 9:00am)
