教學時程

詩歌研究：「詩歌重要嗎？」

因舊版課程無指定課堂作業與考試，因此統整所有作業、講義、考試內容合併列出。

    課 課程單元
    1

    課程簡介

    Introductions and such as that.
    2

    Lowell

    讀《生活研究》與《歷史》裡的詩 

    Lowell

    Read the poems from Life Studies and History
    3

    觀賞關於Lowell的影片

    A video encounter with Lowell
    4

    致莉西和哈莉葉》和《海豚》裡的詩 

    Lowell

    The poems from For Lizzie and Harriett and The Dolphin
    5

    Levertov《1968-1972詩選》，會有些明確的建議，但你大可大膽地發表自己的看法。

    Levertov. Poems 1968-72. Some specific advice will be forthcoming, but fare boldly forth on your own.
    6

    Levertov 在影片中朗讀

    Levertov reads on video
    7

    Levertov《偉大的生成》

    Levertov. This Great Becoming
    8

    Rich。著重於她早期的詩

    Rich. We'll focus on her earlier poems
    9

    觀賞關於Rich的影片

    Rich on video
    10

    Rich，後期的詩。後續將補充說明

    Rich, the later poems. Specific advice to follow
    11

    Heaney

    閱讀《自然主義者之死》和《野外工作》的詩 

    Heaney

    Read the poems from Death of a Naturalist and Field Work
    12

    觀賞關於Heany的影片

    Heaney on video
    13

    Heaney，《站島》和《幻覺》

    Heaney. Poems from Station Island and Seeing Things
    14

    Pinsky

    特別注意《美國的辯解》 

    Pinsky

    Pay close attention to An Explanation of America
    15

    我希望Pinsky今天能夠到我們課堂上來。

    I hope Pinsky will visit our class today.
    16

    Pinsky，《悲傷和歡愉》

    Pinsky. Sadness and Happiness
    17

    Collins。跟隨你的眼睛、耳朵和心。

    Collins. Follow your eys, and ears, and heart.
    18

    第一篇書面報告繳交。

    [還有這個特別的夜晚，Seamus Heaney將到麻省理工朗讀詩。最好想盡辦法早到，他總是吸引一群人山人海的觀眾。] 

    First Essay due

    [Also, this very night Seamus Heaney will be reading at MIT. Go, by all means. Get there early -- he always draws a big, big crowd.]
    19

    我希望能請到在本校執教的Erica Funkhouser與我們一起上課，不只討論Collins，也討論她作品的本質，很可惜的，她的作品在市面上無法輕易買到可以負擔的起的版本。

    I hope to have MIT's own Erica Funkhouser visit with us, not so much to talk about Collins as to discuss the nature of her own work, which is not readily available in affordable editions, alas.
    20

    Collins
    21

    Monahan
    22

    Jean Monahan將加入我們。

    Jean Monahan will join us.
    23

    Monahan
    24

    Hodgen
    我希望你至少完整敘述你的服裝，或者，最好穿著，讓我們可以為你歡呼。
    Hodgen
    I will expect at least a full account of your costume. Better yet, wear it so we can all applaud.
    25

    John Hodgen將拜訪我們。

    John Hodgen will visit us.
    26

    Hodgen
    27

    Schwartz
    28

    Schwartz將拜訪我們。

    A visit from Lloyd Scwartz.
    29

    第二篇書面報告繳交

    second Essay due
    30

    Schwartz
    31

    Rita Dove發表特定的詩。

    Rita Dove. Specific poems tba
    32

    觀賞關於Dove的影片

    Dove on video
    33

    Dove
    34

    Tapscott
    35

    Tapscott將與我們見面。

    Tapscott will meet with us.
    36

    Tapscott
    37-39

    我們隨意漫談。我會提供一些不錯的詩的網站，你也可以回顧那些我們在教學時程裡疏漏的詩，或從Astley選集裡找些詩來。每次上課前，準備朗誦一首觸動你的詩，不管什麼原因，解釋這首詩為什麼在你心中有特別的份量。

    We'll meander. I'll advise you about some decent poetry websites, you can look back at some poems we slighted on our syllabus, or find poems in the Astley anthology. Come each session ready to read aloud a poem that strikes you, for whatever reason, and to define why that poem "matters" in your judgment.
    40-41

    期末報告

    Final presentations