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ENG 328 - Poetry and Western Thought
​Welcome to the course webpage for this class. All of the materials for the class will be available on this site. I hope you enjoy the class!

Course introduction

Part 1: Philosophy

Key concepts of Western philosophy


Buddhist Philosophy


The Pre-Socratics


Socrates


Lecture Resources:
  • ​Nine Life Lessons from Socrates

Plato and Aristotle


Lecture Resources:
  • Great Art Explained: The School of Athens
  • School of Life: Plato on the Forms
  • "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" William Wordsworth
Part 2: Poetry

Key concepts of poetic language


Lecture Resources:
  • "Walk Above the City" (Lyrics by Sam Bentley)
  • Video: The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern (TED-Ed via YT)
  • Video: Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter (TED-Ed via YT)
  • Video: The Art of the Metaphor (TED-Ed via YT)

Love Poems


​Lecture Resources:
pwt_-_textbook_-_poetry_unit_1_love_poems.pdf
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Nature Poems

Lecture Resources:
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  • Video: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade op.35​
pwt_-_textbook_-_poetry_unit_2_nature_poems.pdf
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Memory Poems


Lecture Materials:
  1. "Goblin Market" Audiobook [`14:10]
  2. "Goblin Market" Text
  3. "The Arnolfini Portrait"
  4. "Duke of Urbino"
  5. "Christ in the House of his Parents" 
  6. "Ophelia"
  7. "The Pretty Baa-Lambs"
  8. "Awakening Conscience"
  9. "Flaming June"
  10. "Collins on  How to Write Poetry" Video Link
  11. "Lucky Cat" Video Link
  12. "Collins: Every day moments, caught in time" Video Link
  13. "Tin Pan Alley" Documentary Video Link
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pwt_-_textbook_-_poetry_unit_3_memory_poems.pdf
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pwt_-_tin_pan_alley_-_listcomp_worksheet.pdf
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The Poetry of "Dead Poet's Society"


Lecture Materials:
  • Walt Whitman: "Song of Myself" (1892 Version)
  • The Works of Robert Herrick via Luminarium.org
  • Herrick's Hesperidees and Noble Numbers
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Thoreau Article
pwt_-_textbook_-_poetry_unit_4_poetry_of_dead_poets_society.pdf
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Course Conclusion

Course documents

pwt_-_online_syllabus_-_f23.pdf
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Texts

Soccio D. J. (2016). Archetypes of wisdom : an introduction to philosophy (Ninth). Cengage Learning.​
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Ferguson M. W., Salter M. J., & Stallworthy J. (2005). The norton anthology of poetry (Fifth ed.). W.W. Norton & company.​
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​Russell B. (1967). History of western philosophy. Taylor and Francis. 
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