1. Tekstanalyse og –historie F06 Session Eight: Poetry III. Conclusion and Evaluation

2. Agenda Repair Work Repair Work Reading poetry – the case of Emily Dickinson Reading poetry – the case of Emily Dickinson Group work: Craig Raine Group work: Craig Raine Group discussion Group discussion The portfolio exam The portfolio exam Evaluation Evaluation

3. Repair work: Poetry A poem is a thematic unit organised into stanzas A poem is a thematic unit organised into stanzas Syntax and grammar Syntax and grammar Auditory and visual (graphic) structures Auditory and visual (graphic) structures

4. Repair work: poetry A stanza is a unit of language organised by a particular rhyme scheme or visually A stanza is a unit of language organised by a particular rhyme scheme or visually Syntax and grammar Syntax and grammar Auditory (phonetic) structures Auditory (phonetic) structures Visual (graphic) structures Visual (graphic) structures

5. Repair work: poetry A line is a unit of language organised by metre A line is a unit of language organised by metre Syntax and grammar Syntax and grammar Auditory (phonetic) structures Auditory (phonetic) structures Visual (graphic) structures Visual (graphic) structures

6. Repair work: poetry A poem is a unit of language organised into patterns of figurative language A poem is a unit of language organised into patterns of figurative language Figures of thought. Tropes Figures of thought. Tropes Figures of speech: rhetorical figures. Schemes. Figures of speech: rhetorical figures. Schemes.

7. Repair Work A road map of analysing and interpreting poetry A road map of analysing and interpreting poetry –1. paraphrase the poem (outline the speaker’s situation. Does it change? Why? What is the poem about? Thematics and theme. –2. analyse and outline the poetic devices: stanza, metre, rhyme, figurative language –3. consider how 1. and 2. create meaning together.

8. Emily Dickinson Follow the road map for analysing poetry, especially Follow the road map for analysing poetry, especially 1. Paraphrase the poem 1. Paraphrase the poem 2. Stanza, metre, rhyme, figurative language 2. Stanza, metre, rhyme, figurative language Consider 1. and 2. together Consider 1. and 2. together

9. Group work: Craig Raine ”A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” ”A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” –1. paraphrase the poem (outline the speaker’s situation. Does it change? Why? What is the poem about? Thematics and theme. –2. analyse and outline the poetic devices: stanza, metre, rhyme, figurative language –3. consider how 1. and 2. create meaning together.

10. The Portfolio Exam Fire øvelsesopgaver fra kurset Fire øvelsesopgaver fra kurset –2 summaries –2 assignments Kursuslærerens kommentarer Kursuslærerens kommentarer Den studerendes redegørelse for porteføljens indhold (max 3 sider) Den studerendes redegørelse for porteføljens indhold (max 3 sider)

11. The Portfolio Exam ”Redegørelse” ”Redegørelse” Afsluttende refleksioner over og besvarelse af kursuslærens kommentarer til hver øvelsesopgave Afsluttende refleksioner over og besvarelse af kursuslærens kommentarer til hver øvelsesopgave

12. The Portfolio Exam Eksempel (summary) Eksempel (summary) Group 1: Tine Sømod, Peter Neumann, Sigrun Haslund Jensen Group 1: Tine Sømod, Peter Neumann, Sigrun Haslund Jensen GROUP 1: FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL EXAM PORTFOLIO: GROUP 1: FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL EXAM PORTFOLIO: Include your summary with my comments and your own reflections concerning those comments (max 400 words). Your reflections must consider my comment 3 below. Remember this is NOT group work. Include your summary with my comments and your own reflections concerning those comments (max 400 words). Your reflections must consider my comment 3 below. Remember this is NOT group work. [jk3]Your definition confuses the notions of plot specific to narrative and drama respectively [jk3]Your definition confuses the notions of plot specific to narrative and drama respectively[jk3]

13. The Portfolio Exam Eksempel (assignment) Eksempel (assignment) You have written a good esay with several interesting observations. Moreover, you show that you have a fair understanding of the theme. However, your use of the key concepts and terms in your analysis of the plot is not very systematic. For your exam portfolio, you must include this essay with my comments. Moreover, you must compare your analysis of the plot and the one outlined in ”Notes towards the analysis of plot and theme in Thirwell’s ”The Cyrillic Alphabet” (available at course homepage) You have written a good esay with several interesting observations. Moreover, you show that you have a fair understanding of the theme. However, your use of the key concepts and terms in your analysis of the plot is not very systematic. For your exam portfolio, you must include this essay with my comments. Moreover, you must compare your analysis of the plot and the one outlined in ”Notes towards the analysis of plot and theme in Thirwell’s ”The Cyrillic Alphabet” (available at course homepage)