Reading Poetry - Theory and Practice - C.M. Bajetta
Taking the cue from the incipit of Eliot’s Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, this class aims at exposing the students to a (hopefully lively...) introduction to poetry reading.
Lesson plan
Class:
- 5th year students
- upper-intermediate level
Prerequisites:
Ideally, the class should have already gone through a general survey of British Literature. This, however, is not strictly necessary; information on the authors quoted can be given succinctly during the class.
Lecture organisation:
- 2 x 45 mins. lecture + class
- lecture preceded by brief warm-up on British poetry (eliciting from students key themes and authors)
- followed by sum-up class, random checks and questions, use of websites.
Teaching strategies and tools:
- Harvard University Derek Bok Center Guidelines (allow interruptions, repeat key concepts, encourage personal response)
- Use of visual materials, PowerPoint, Internet, but also blackboard to spell names and occasionally words the students may find difficult to understand at first hearing.
Objectives:
Taking the cue from the incipit of Eliot’s Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, this class aims at exposing the students to a (hopefully lively...) introduction to poetry reading.