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EH131: Thinking About Poetry
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Why does poetry, one of the oldest art forms, not only survive but flourish in the 21st century? In this class we will consider how poems make meaning as strangely and as beautifully as the sky produces weather. We will read recent translations of famous works (Robert Pinsky’s translation of Dante’s Inferno) as well some famous revisions (the new version of Plath’s Ariel ) and consider the stunning and sometimes desperate measures poets take to tease what is real out of the artifice of language. Students will write analytically about poetry, attend readings by writers, and read some of their class favorites at the longest-running student reading series in Florida, Poetry at an Uncouth Hour. Prerequisite for this seminar is EH121 or its equivalent.
Your Professor
Terri Witek is the author of three books of poetry as well as a scholarly book about American poet Robert Lowell. She has a special interest in the connection between poetry and the visual arts. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, she directs the Sullivan Creative Writing Program in the English Department.
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Stetson University
First Year Studies | Unit 8275
421 North Woodland Boulevard
DeLand, Florida 32723
Email Address : firstyearstudies@stetson.edu
Phone Number : 386.822.7345
Fax Number : 386.822.7322
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