Course

Major Poets

Faculty
Language, Literature and Performing Arts
Department
English
Course code
ENGL 2314
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
35
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course is a study of representative works of poetry by two or three major poets writing in English, from at least two different periods.
Course content

Selected literary texts (see sample list).

Selected secondary source materials:

  • autobiographical material
  • biography
  • literary criticism and theory
  • cultural and intellectual history
  • other arts (music, fine arts, film, etc.)
Learning activities
  • lecture/discussion
  • interviews
  • group work
  • instructor feedback on students’ written work
Means of assessment

Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.

Instructors may use a student's record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student's graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor's Course Outline.  

 

A minimum of 15% must be in-class paragraphs or essays.

A minimum of four evaluations, two of which must be academic essays with a combined value of at least 40% of the course grade.

 

Writing Competency Bar:
 
A student must achieve a grade of C- or better upon first submission of at least one required essay in order to achieve a grade of better than D in any university-transfer English course.
Learning outcomes

The successful student should be able to

  1. Recognize the significance of the literary and non-literary or cultural context of a work being studied, such as biographical, historical, mythological, and philosophical contexts;
  2. Read critically secondary sources, such as criticism and other texts by the same author, as an aid to comprehending the primary text being studied;
  3. Read critically and independently works or aspects of works not discussed in class;
  4. Discern both continuity and change within the body of poetry written in English; and
  5. Formulate a thesis on a given subject in one or more specific works and develop this, using suitable textual evidence.
Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

Sample reading list:

  • Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience
  • Plath, Ariel
  • Yeats, Selected Poetry

Requisites

Prerequisites

Any one university-transferable 3-credit ENGL course, or by permission of Instructor.

               

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers to Other Institutions

Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.

Institution Transfer details for ENGL 2314
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) TRU ENGL 2XXX (3)

Course Offerings

There are no course offerings this semester.