‫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
Department: English language
Stage: 3rd year
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
Shamal Younis Yaseen
E- Mail
Days
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
60
Academic
Assistant lecturer
Status
[email protected]
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
P.
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 Neoclassical Age (age of Dryden,
24/9
28/9
Pope and Johnson)
1/10
5/10
Special Characteristics of the Neo-classical poetry
Absalom and Achitophel (Portrait of Achitophel) by John
8/10
12/10
Dryden
Absalom and Achitophel (Portrait of Achitophel) by John
15/10
19/10
Dryden
Absalom and Achitophel (Portrait of Achitophel) by John
22/10
26/10
Dryden + An Essay on Man: Epistle 1
To Henry St.John, Lord Bolingbroke by Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man: Epistle 1
29/10
2/11
To Henry St.John, Lord Bolingbroke by Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man: Epistle 1
5/11
9/11
To Henry St.John, Lord Bolingbroke by Alexander Pope
12/11
16/11
The day of Judgment by Jonathan Swift
19/11
23/11
The day of Judgment by Jonathan Swift
The Scholar's Life (from the vanity of human wishes) by
26/11
30/11
Samuel Johnson
The Scholar's Life (from the vanity of human wishes) by
3/12
7/12
Samuel Johnson
The Scholar's Life (from the vanity of human wishes) by
10/12
14/12
Samuel Johnson
17/12
21/12
The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
24/12
1/1
New Year Holiday
2/1
4/1
The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
7/1
11/1
The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
14/1
25/1
Introduction to Romantic period: Concept and features
28/1
1/2
Introduction to Romantic period: Concept and features
4/2
8/2
Revision
11/2
15/2
Mid-Year Exams
18/2
22/2
Mid-Year Exams
25/2
1/3
The Little Black Boy by William Blake
4/3
8/3
The Little Black Boy by William Blake
11/3
24/3
Nawroz Anniversary
25/3
29/3
The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake
1/4
5/4
The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake
8/4
12/4
The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
15/4
19/4
The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
22/4
26/4
The World is too much with us by William Wordsworth
29/4
3/5
The World is too much with us by William Wordsworth
6/5
10/5
Kubla Khan by S.T.Coleridge
13/5
17/5
Kubla Khan by S.T.Coleridge
20/5
24/5
Kubla Khan by S.T.Coleridge
25/5
15/6
First Attempt Exams