16th To 18th Century Poetry for Second Year Classes:
Course Description
1. Course Name:
16th to 18th century Poetry.
2. Course Code:
3. Semester / Year:
First & Second Semester 2023-2024.
4. Description Preparation Date:
1/10/2023.
5. Available Attendance Forms:
Classroom Attendance.
6. Number of Credit Hours (Total) / Number of Units (Total)
60 Credit Hours / 120 Units.
7. Course administrator's name (mention all, if more than one name)
Name: Asst. Prof. Jameela Khedher Al-Attar, (PhD.)
Email: [Link]@[Link]
8. Course Objectives
Course Objectives - Introducing students to various 16th and 17th century
schools of poetry through the analysis of
representative poetic texts.
- Concentrating on the poets' manipulation of
language to highlight their themes.
-Encouraging students to use the English language
through classroom discussions of chosen poetic texts.
9. Teaching and Learning Strategies
Strategy - Reading the poem in class, analyzing and commenting on the text.
- A class discussion of the poem through questions and answers.
- A power point presentation for each poem to shed light on the
aesthetic aspect of the poem.
10. Course Structure
Week Hour Required Unit or subject name Learning method Evaluation
s Learning method
Outcomes
Week 2 Introducing 16th c.: Historical Backgroun Discussion Questions and
1 students to 16th Answers
century
historical
background.
Week 2 Introducing 16th c. Cultural and Discussion Questions
2 students to 16 Literary Background.
th and
century cultural Answers
and literary
trends.
Week 2 Knowledge of Characteristics of 16th Discussion Questions
3 the main Century Poetry and
characteristics Answers
of 16th c. poetry.
Week 2 Meaning of the The Sonnet: Definition and Discussion Questions
4 Sonnet Form / Types and
Identification of Answers
the four types of
sonnets
Week 2 Differentiation The Italian Discussion Discussion
5 between the Sonnet/Sidney's + +
Italian and Sonnet PowerPoint Questions
Sidney's sonnet Presentation and Answers
Week 2 Differentiation The English Sonnet/ Text Analysis Discussion
6 between the Spenser's Sonnet + +
English and PowerPoint Questions
Spenser's Presentation and Answers
sonnet
Week 2 Understanding Sir Wyatt's "The Hind" Text Analysis Discussion
7 the meaning and + +
the significance PowerPoint Questions
of the poem Presentation and Answers
Week 2 Understanding Henry Howard's "Spring" Text Analysis Discussion
8 the meaning and + +
the significance PowerPoint Questions
of the poem Presentation and Answers
Week 2 Comprehensio Term Exam Oral Discussion Written Exam
9 n of the above
items
Week 2 Understanding Sir Sidney's "Leave Me O Text Analysis Discussion
10 the meaning Love" + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Understanding Spenser's "Like as a Ship" Text Analysis Discussion
11 the meaning + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Understanding tMarlowe's "Passionate Text Analysis Discussion
12 the meaning a Shepherd to his Love" + +
the significance PowerPoint Questions
the poem Presentation and Answers
Week 2 Understanding Shakespeare's Sonnet 55 Text Analysis Discussion
13 the meaning + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Understanding Shakespeare's Sonnet Text Analysis Discussion
14 the meaning 116 + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Comprehension Term Exam Oral Discussion Written Exam
15 of the above
items
Second Semester
Week 2 Acquainting Seventeenth Century Discussion Questions &
16 students with Schools of Poetry Answers
the various
schools of 17th
Century Poetry
Week 2 Characteristics Metaphysical School of Discussion Questions &
17 Metaphysical Poetry: Definition and Answers
Poetry Characteristics
Week 2 Understandin Herbert's "The Collar Text Analysis Discussion
18 g the meaning + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance Presentation and Answers
of the poem
Week 2 Understanding tDonne's "Death be not Text Analysis Discussion
19 meaning and tProud" + +
significance of t PowerPoint Questions
poem Presentation and Answers
Week 2 Acquainting Cavalier Poetry: Definition Discussion Discussion
20 students and Characteristics +
with the Questions
characteristic and Answers
s of Cavalier
poetry
Week 2 Understandin Herrick's Text Analysis Discussion
21 g the meaning "Daffodils" + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Differences A Comparison between Discussion Questions and
22 between the the Metaphysical and Answers
Metaphysical Cavalier School.
and Cavalier
School.
Week 2 Comprehension Term Exam Discussion and Written Exam
23 the above items text analysis
Week 2 Understanding Milton's "On his Text Analysis Discussion
24 the meaning Blindness" + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Understanding Milton's Paradise Lost :1 Text Analysis Discussion
25 the meaning + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Understanding Milton's Paradise Lost: 2 Text Analysis Discussion
26 the meaning + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Neo-Classical Poetry Discussion Questions and
27 Answers
Week 2 Understanding Dryden's Absalom & Text Analysis Discussion
28 the meaning Achitophel /1 + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Understanding Absalom & Achitophel / 2 Text Analysis Discussion
29 the meaning + +
and the PowerPoint Questions
significance of Presentation and Answers
the poem
Week 2 Comprehension Review of the above items Discussion Written Exam
30 of the above + Term Exam
items
11. Course Evaluation
Distributing the score out of 100 according to the tasks assigned to the student
First Semester (10 Marks): 5 Marks for oral participation + 5 Marks for written Exams.
Mid-Year Exam (20 Marks): Written Exam.
Second Semester (20 Marks): 5 marks for daily preparation + 15 Marks for 2 written Exams.
Final Exam (50 Marks): Written Exam.
12. Learning and Teaching Resources
Required textbooks (curricular books, if any 1-English Poetry: The Sixteenth Century:) Compiled and
Introduced by Allaudin H. Al Jubori Dr. Khalid Maher
A. W. Al- wakil Dr. Essam Al- Khatib 2- English Poetry
2: The Seventeenth Century: Compiled and Introduced
by: A. W. Al Wakil Allaudin Hammoud
Main references (sources) Dr. Hamdi Hameed Al-Douri: English Poetry: The
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries English Poetry: The
Seventeenth Century.
Recommended books and references The McCraw-Hill Guide to English Literature: Volum
1, Beowulf to Jane Austen
(scientific journals, reports...)
Electronic References, Websites [Link]
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