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Apr 19, 2024
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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US 239 Why Poetry Persists
Plato and Aristotle argued that poets come nearer to documenting vital truth than history does. Is this possible? What do poets contribute to society? This is a seminar with a workshop component, designed for students with or without experience in poetry writing, who have a genuine interest in poetry. Students begin as detectives, researching and examining various roles poets have played throughout history. As ethnographers, we attend Philadelphia-area poetry readings to witness these roles in action and personally connect with the artists. We also host an Arcadia Poets Symposium on campus, where published poets among Arcadia’s staff, faculty and student body share and discuss their work. Students choose one of these poets as the focus of a written, journalistic profile. As creative writers, students consider their own roles, crafting poems inspired by poets we read and see perform. Finally, as editors and publishers, we contribute to a web-based Arcadia literary journal focused on exploring the craft and capacity of poetry. This course has a Writing Designation and requires 4 papers as well as a portfolio of revised, polished poems.
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