KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT UNIT
COURSE PORTFOLIO
College of Education/Humanities
DEPARTMENT of EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
COURSE NAME: Poetry
COURSE NUMBER: LANE 447
SEMESTER/YEAR: 2nd / 1430-1431
DATE: 20/11/1431
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PART II
Course Syllabus
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Instructor's Information
Dr. Noora AL-Malki
Assistant Professor
Room (105 ), Building (A)
Department of European Languages, College of Education/Humanities
Office Hours: Sat. 8-10
Wed. 8-10
Contact:
-Email: [email protected]
- Personal Website: http://www. Naalmalki1.kau.edu.sa
Education:
PhD in English Poetry
M.A. in Comparative Literature
B.A. in English
Work Experience:
-Currently, assistant professor, Department of European Languages (ALFaisaliah Branch)
-Currently, Deputy for the vice-dean of Development and Quality Assurance
Unit, College of Education/Humanities, Jeddah
-2009-August 2010, head of the IT unit in the College of
Education/Humanities, Jeddah
-2005-2010, Lecturer in the Department of English, College of
Education/Humanities, Jeddah
-Administrator, Department of English, Girls College of Education, Literary
Sections- Jeddah.
Areas of Expertise:
-Literary studies
-Comparative literature
Major Publications:
AL-Malki, Norah. Fiction and Reality: T.E. Lawrence’s Portrait of the Arabs
in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008.
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Course Information
Poetry, LANE 447
Course website address:
http://[email protected]
http://eaglenoora2008.webs.com
Course Prerequisites:
Introduction to Literature
Course Description & Methodology:
The course introduces students to specimens of poetry which belong to
the Romantic, Victorian and Modern eras. The intention is that students
appreciate the artistic and thematic aspects of such poetry. The emphasis
of the course will be on reading and engaging with this poetry first-hand.
Students will be encouraged to offer their own interpretations of these
poems in the context of the times during which they were written. A
formal reading of each poem will further be enriched by discussions of
contemporary readings and research so that students will be constantly
driven to explore modern as well as post-modern readings of traditional
works.
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Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students will be able to
-develop critical reading skills and familiarity with poetic texts.
-Shed light—in their writings and in class discussions—on the various political,
intellectual and social influences which helped shape the mentality of the poets being
studied
- identify the constituting elements of Romanticism (commonality in diction, subject
matter and voice) in the selected texts.
-form their interpretations of selections of Victorian poetry in the context of the age
and cultural changes.
-compare and contrast the poetry of Romanticists and Victorians.
-paraphrase the a selected text (usually as part of a class activity or an exam
requirement).
-write response-essays on a selected text (usually as part of a class activity or an exam
requirement)
- describe the text’s persona, setting, subject matter, word selection, figures of speech,
and form.
-analyze the major themes and ideas discussed by Romantic, Victorian and Modernist
poets
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Learning Resources

R. Gottesman and Others, The Norton Anthology of American Literature Vols.
1&2 (New York: W. W. Norton, 1979).
 C. Brooks et al. An Approach to Literature. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc.,
Englewood Cliffs, 2001.
NOTA BENE: {Handouts of lecture notes and extra reading material will be
photocopied for students whenever needed and will be available in the
Commercial Library at the College and online in my websites}
Required Reading
 From The Norton Anthology of English Literature vol. 2
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The Introduction to the Romantic Period 1785-1830 (p. 1- 17)
William Wordsworth’s ―We Are Seven‖ (p. 132-3)
Preface to Lyrical Ballads (p. 141-52)
Samuel T. Coleridge’s ―The Rime of the ancient Mariner‖ (p.330-46)
J. Keats’ ―To Autumn‖ (p. 813-14)
P. Shelley’s ―Ozymandias‖ (p. 672)
The Introduction to the Victorian Age 1830-1901 (p. 891-910)
The Introduction to the Twentieth Century (p. 1683-91)
W. B. Yeats’ ―The Wild Swans at Coole‖ (p. 1875-6)
Poetry of World War I (p. 1825-6)
 From R. Gottesman and Others, The Norton Anthology of American Literature
Vol. 2 (New York: W. W. Norton, 1979). A listed reference
 Emily Dickinson’s ―A Narrow Fellow in the Grass‖ (p. 1207)
 Ezra Pound’s ―In A Station of A Metro‖ (p. 1935)
 T. S. Eliot’s ―The Waste Land‖ (p. 2048)
 Robert Frost’s ―The Road Not Taken‖ (p. 1866)
 Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “Mother to Son”
(p. 2225)
 Sylvia Plath’s ―Lady Lazarus‖ (p. 2749)
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Extra Reading
Critical works
C. Brooks et al. An Approach to Literature. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc.,
Englewood Cliffs, 2001.
A listed reference
Chapters of Books
Burgess, Anthony. English Literature: A Survey for Students. Essex: Longman, 1974.
(Chapters: 17, 18, 20,21)
Thornley, G. C. and G Roberts. An Outline of English Literature. Essex: Longman,
1984. (Chapters: 9, 10,15)
Online Books
Beers, Henry. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century. (online
book)
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/5/9/3/15931/15931.txt
Untermeyer, Louis. Modern American Poetry. (online book)
http://www.bartleby.com/104/
Phelps, William. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century. (online
book)
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/dvptn10.txt
Online Glossaries
Glossary of Poetic Terms
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html
NOTA BENE: {more references and websites are listed on my university website}
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Course Requirements and Grading
Policies:
Attendance: Students are expected to attend every scheduled class and to be familiar
with the University Attendance policy. It is the student’s responsibility to keep
informed of any announcements, syllabus adjustments or policy changes made during
scheduled classes. Students are expected to behave in accordance with the Student
Code of Conduct in king Abdulaziz University.
Tardiness: Our class will start promptly at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, Monday and
Wednesday mornings. By signing up for this class you understand the responsibilities
an early class like this entails. Do Not be Late Please.
Participation: In class you will be required to offer your own interpretations of
poems, answer questions, or comment on each other’s work. In addition, I will request
that you participate in discussions regarding outside texts, make presentations, and do
in-class activities.
Preparation: There will be a substantial amount of reading assignments of both
poetry and prose about Poetry criticism. Class time will be devoted to discussing these
reading assignments - so be prepared to participate and to respond to the questions
raised by the instructor or other students.
Written Language Competence: You must show competence in the written
language (the application of standard grammar and punctuation is, generally, a benefit
to poetry; in other words, poetry is not an excuse for sloppy writing). If you do not
show competence in the written language, you cannot pass this course.
Consult me if you have any difficulty in this regard.
Missed Exam Policy: In general, there will be no make-up exams in the course.
However, in complex and unusual circumstances which are beyond control, a makeup exam might be given on a case-by-case basis.
Late Submissions: Research papers which will be submitted after the stated deadline
will not receive full course credit.
Errors in Grading: Errors in grading must be adjudicated by the instructor. If you
believe that your work has been incorrectly graded (e.g. points were added up
incorrectly or otherwise), you must contact the instructor in writing and clearly state
the error you believe has occurred. The instructor of the course will always determine
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the final grade. Grade change requests after the end of the term are further limited by
the University’s policies.
Research Paper Requirements:
 you will have to write a 10-page research paper which will be about a poet's
achievement, an informed analysis of poem, or a reading of a particular theme
in the poetry of selected poets.
 the research paper should adopt the MLA style format which I will make a
available to you as an attachment on my website-and in printed format as well.
 submit a double-spaced, handwritten paper with enough margins for mark up.
 your paper should have a cover (which contains your name and University
number, course title, Bold title centered)
 you have to attend the classes which are assigned by the instructor for
discussing the research paper format and content.
 you have to submit an outline of your paper on the specified date for
submitting outlines.
 Plagiarism is never tolerated (your paper will not be accepted at all and there
will be no resubmitting)
 submitting your paper will be before the deadline assigned by instructor.
Grading system for the course:
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20 marks for a first test
20 marks for a second test
15 for research paper
5 participation in class discussions
40 for the final exam
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Detailed Course Schedule
Week
16th -20th
Shawaal
23rd -27th
Shawaal
1th –5th
Topic
Introduction
Romanticism
Thu al-Qidah
(British Poets)
Content
Terms & concepts & ideas
Add & Drop Courses Week
 What is poetry
 Why do we read poetry?
 Ages of Poetry: A concise
intro.
 Before Romanticism: Age
of Reason
 Romanticism: origins and
definitions
 Precursors of British
Romanticism: W. Blake
 Characteristics of
Romanticism
 The Romantic Poet
 British Romantic poets:
Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Southey, Byron, Keats,
Shelley
 American Romanticism
 American Romantic poets:
E. Dickinson, Emerson,
Walt Whitman
 Wordsworth’s ―We are
Seven‖
 Selections
from
Coleridge’s ―The Rime of
the Ancient Mariner‖
 J. Keats’ ―To Autumn‖
poetry, poet, poetic imagination, poetic diction,
figures of speech, poetic forms, poetic genres
Neoclassicism,
Romanticism,
German
Romanticism,
The
French
Revolution,
spontaneity,
individualism,
imagination,
intuition, idealism, inspiration, nature and
Pantheism, romantic hero, fantasy, mysticism,
solitude, exoticism, poet as prophet, common
man, ordinary language and everyday diction
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The inspiration of the poem, memory, simile
and personification, visual imagery
Longest poem written by Coleridge, inspiration
of the poem, plot, archaic diction, loneliness
8th- 12th
Thu al-Qidah
Romanticism
(British Poets)
15th -19th
Thu al-Qidah
Ode, Inspiration of the poem, Keats’s last poem
& subsequent death, personification in the
poem.
 Shelley’s “Ozymandias”
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Sonnet, Greek and Egyptian allusions, irony
 Meeting up with students to discuss possible topics for research papers
 Writing outlines for Research Papers
Romanticism
 American Romanticism
Famous poets, characteristics of the Romantic
(American Poets)
 Emily Dickinson’s ―A Movement in America
Narrow Fellow in the Nature, the snake symbol, the power of imagery
Grass‖
22st-26th
Thu al-Qidah
29th -4th
Thu al-Qidah
7th -20th
Thu al-Hijjah
Romanticism
(British Poets)
Hajj Holiday
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21th-25th
Thu al-Hijjah
Victorianism
(Concise
Overview)
 The Victorian Era:
historical and social
background
 Characteristics of Victorian
Poetry
 Victorian Poets: Lord
Tennyson, R. Browning,
Elizabeth Browning.
 Reading selections from
Various poets
28th -2nd
Thu al-Hijjah
Modernist
Poetry
20th Century
5th -9th
Muharram
Modernist
Poetry
20th Century
 First Test
 An Introduction to the era:
Historical, political and
social changes
 Early 20th century poetry
(movements
and
developments)
 W.B. Yeats’ ―The Wild
Swans at Coole‖
 Imagist Poets
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 Ezra Pound’s ―In A
Station of A Metro‖
 Selections from T. S.
Eliot’s ―The Waste Land‖
12th -16th
Muharram
19th -23rd
Muharram
Modernism, Georgian poets (British) Imagism,
New Romantic Group, The Movement, The
Group, The Extremist Art, Concrete Poetry,
The Beats, The Black Mountain Poets, free
verse
Imagism
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A modernist poem, the epigraph and the title of
the poem, the structure of the poem, obscurity,
satire, allusions, dramatic monologue
 Robert Frost’s ―The Road
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Not Taken‖
Narrative poem, literal vs. ironic
interpretations,
th
Topics in 20
War Poetry
World War I poets, World War II poets
century poetry
 War Poets
 Post-war poetry
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 Reading selections from
War
Poets
(Brooke,
Sassoon, Owen, Auden,
Roy
Fuller,
Keith Harlem Renaissance, myth, nature, racial past
Douglas)
an heritage
African-American Poets
 Langston Hughes’ “The
Negro Speaks of Rivers”
and “Mother to Son”
Topics in 20th
 Second test
century poetry Women Poets
 Sylvia
Plath’s
―Lady Death, allusions, oppression, the myth of the
Lazarus‖
phoenix
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26th -30th
Muharram
3rd -7th
Muharram
Revision
&
Feedback
&
Retake
 Feedback on Students’
performance in mid-terms
and discussion of their
results
 Retake for those who did
not attend the previous tests
and who have proper
excuses submitted
beforehand
Preparation for the final Exams