Fall 2010

THE LYRIC

Listed in: English, as ENGL-95

Faculty

David R. Sofield (Section 05)

Description

Is any term in the study of literature more contested than lyric?  Reaching agreement on a definition beyond Aristotle’s obvious claim that lyric may be distinguished from epic and dramatic has proved impossible.  Yet what critics have named lyric poems have been written for two and a half millennia, and for two centuries now the lyric has been the dominant poetic mode.  With an eye to its literary-historical development, this seminar will undertake to read closely the English-language lyric from the sixteenth century to the present.  Attention will be given to concurrent attempts to describe its properties, concluding with recent considerations of the genre.  Two class meetings per week.

Limited to 15 students.  Fall semester.  Professor Sofield and Simpson Lecturer Wilbur.

If Overenrolled: Preference given to senior and junior English majors.

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 20112022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 20112022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 20162022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 20112022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 20102022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2008, Fall 20102022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 20222022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 20112022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2010, Fall 20162022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 20102022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2018