‫عيراقى‬
‫هةريَما كوردستانا‬
َ
‫وةزارةتي خو َيندني باالَ وتو َيذينةوةي‬
‫زانسي‬
‫سةروكاتيا زانكويا نةوروز‬
‫ثشكا كاروباريَن زانستي‬
Kurdistan Region Iraq
Ministry of Higher Education&
Scientific Research
Nawroz University Presidency
Scientific Affairs
College: Languages
Stage: 4th year
Department: English
Course Book
Academic Year 2016 – 2017
Subject
No. of
Hours
Poetry
No. of
Units
9
14
Distribution of Marks
First Semester
Mid Year
Second Semester
Final Exam
Final
Mark
Theoretical Practical Theoretical Practical Theoretical Practical Theoretical Practical
5
30
Subject Lecturer
5
Academic
Assistant lecturer
Status
[email protected]
Shamal Younis Yaseen
E- Mail
Days
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
60
Library and Classroom Timetable
Morning Studies Lectures
Evening Studies Lectures
Seco Thir Four
Seco Thir Four
First
Fifth First
Fifth
nd
d
th
nd
d
th
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P.
p.
p.
p.
Course Significance
The significance of this course is to enable the students to use a comprehensive explanation of the
poems and to add extra vocabularies in their dictionaries.
100
Course Objectives
• To introduce students to the pleasure of poetry and poetic language.
• Understand the themes of different poems, the mood of the poet and the messages conveyed.
• To facilitate students’ development of analytical skills, with an emphasis on close reading—the
importance of tuning in to detail in the exploration of a poem’s theme and mood.
• Students will be able to identify and explain the significance of the essential elements of the writer’s
craft in given poems (i.e. poetic structures such as the lyric, the sonnet, the free verse form; sound
devices such as rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration; imagery including the visual, auditory, olfactory, and
tactile word images that are created; figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, personification,
symbolism).
• To help students further develop their essay-writing abilities.
• To help students understand concepts and basic terms in poems.
• To help students write poems to express their ideas, feelings and thoughts.
This course will also more generally contribute to developing student's critical thinking skills and
inter-cultural awareness. It will prepare students for more advanced language and literary studies in
English.
To meet these objectives, class time will incorporate lecture, class and group discussion, audio-visual
presentations, and a variety of in-class exercises.
The main classroom activity will involve detailed analysis and discussion of specific passages from the
weekly readings, but in class activities will also include reading out loud, group work, oral
presentations, and short in-class writing exercises.
Students will be prepared to discuss the assigned readings. Students must bring the readings to class
and should prepare notes on the readings, highlighting and researching unfamiliar words, contexts, or
references. Students will be asked in-class to provide an analysis of a passage from the assigned
reading. Where appropriate, students may need to look up specific words or research the historical
context.
My teaching philosophy and practice emphasize the importance of interaction; this means that I
attempt to foster an informal and open atmosphere in class whereby everyone is encouraged to express
her or his views and to listen to the views of others. My wish is that we all benefit and learn from an
atmosphere characterized by respect.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
References
Adventures in English Literature … Athena Edition
The Norton Anthology of English Literature
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H. Abrams.
www.enotes.com
Poetry for Students.
www.sparknotes.com
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16&17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Lectures Distribution -Academic Year 2016-2017
Date
Subject
From
To
An Introduction to the Victorian Age
24/9
28/9
An Introduction to the Victorian POETRY and its
1/10
5/10
characteristics
8/10
12/10
The Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson
15/10
19/10
The Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson
22/10
26/10
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
29/10
2/11
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
5/11
9/11
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
12/11
16/11
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
19/11
23/11
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
26/11
30/11
The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood
3/12
7/12
The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood
10/12
14/12
The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood
The Cry of the Children by Elizabeth B. Browning
17/12
21/12
24/12
1/1
New Year Holiday
The Cry of the Children by Elizabeth B. Browning
2/1
4/1
The Cry of the Children by Elizabeth B. Browning
7/1
11/1
14/1
25/1
The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
28/1
1/2
The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
4/2
8/2
Revision
11/2
15/2
Mid-Year Exams
18/2
22/2
Mid-Year Exams
An Introduction to the Modern Age
25/2
1/3
An Introduction to the Modern POETRY and its
4/3
8/3
characteristics
11/3
24/3
Nawroz Anniversary
25/3
29/3
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
1/4
5/4
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
8/4
12/4
Still I Rise by Maya Magelou
15/4
19/4
Still I Rise by Maya Magelou
22/4
26/4
This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin
29/4
3/5
This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin
6/5
10/5
To You by Walt Whitman
13/5
17/5
If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda
20/5
24/5
If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda
25/5
15/6
First Attempt Exams