critical application project (horace)

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1 CRITICAL APPLICATION PROJECT 1: HORACE, ARS POETICA CL 121 – Critical approaches to Literature I Dr. Joel E. Mann Part 1: Critical poem Due date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Point value: 50 Instructions: choose a postclassical poem in which you have a sustained interest. (Preferably, the poem’s aesthetic quality will have been the subject of some debate among literary critics.) Your task will be to write a critical poem of at least 500 words that estimates the poem’s quality in the terms outlined by Horace in Ars Poetica. The critical poem itself should conform to Horace’s aesthetic guidelines. Your poem will be graded according to the following rubric: Construction (10): Is the poem well constructed? Does it pay attention to meter and rhythm? Doe sit employ euphony? Above all, does it exemplify the qualities that Horace recommends in Ars Poetica? Creativity (5): Is there a creative “spark” to the poem? Does it contain something in either form or substance that sets it apart from the rest, that makes the poem uniquely your work? Interpretation (10): How well do you understand and analyze the target poem? Is your comprehension of its formal and substantive aspects merely superficial? Or do you “dig deeper” to uncover layers of meaning and complexity? Application (25): Do you correctly understand and apply the poetic principles articulated by Horace? Is it clear from your poem how the target poem “measures up” in Horation terms?

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CRITICAL  APPLICATION  PROJECT  1:  HORACE,  ARS  POETICA  CL  121  –  Critical  approaches  to  Literature  I  

Dr.  Joel  E.  Mann      Part  1:  Critical  poem    Due  date:  Tuesday,  March  3,  2015  Point  value:  50      Instructions:  choose  a  post-­‐classical  poem  in  which  you  have  a  sustained  interest.  (Preferably,  the  poem’s  aesthetic  quality  will  have  been  the  subject  of  some  debate  among  literary  critics.)  Your  task  will  be  to  write  a  critical  poem  of  at  least  500  words  that  estimates  the  poem’s  quality  in  the  terms  outlined  by  Horace  in  Ars  Poetica.  The  critical  poem  itself  should  conform  to  Horace’s  aesthetic  guidelines.    Your  poem  will  be  graded  according  to  the  following  rubric:    Construction  (10):  Is  the  poem  well  constructed?  Does  it  pay  attention  to  meter  and  rhythm?  Doe  sit  employ  euphony?  Above  all,  does  it  exemplify  the  qualities  that  Horace  recommends  in  Ars  Poetica?    Creativity  (5):  Is  there  a  creative  “spark”  to  the  poem?  Does  it  contain  something  in  either  form  or  substance  that  sets  it  apart  from  the  rest,  that  makes  the  poem  uniquely  your  work?    Interpretation  (10):  How  well  do  you  understand  and  analyze  the  target  poem?  Is  your  comprehension  of  its  formal  and  substantive  aspects  merely  superficial?  Or  do  you  “dig  deeper”  to  uncover  layers  of  meaning  and  complexity?    Application  (25):  Do  you  correctly  understand  and  apply  the  poetic  principles  articulated  by  Horace?  Is  it  clear  from  your  poem  how  the  target  poem  “measures  up”  in  Horation  terms?      

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 Part  2:  Critical  essay    Due  date:  Tuesday,  March  10,  2015  Point  value:  50      Instructions:  you  will  exchange  poems  with  another  student,  chosen  at  random  from  the  class.  Your  task  will  be  to  write  a  critical  essay  of  at  least  1000  words  that  estimates  the  quality  of  your  peer’s  poem  in  the  terms  outlined  by  Horace  in  Ars  Poetica.    Your  essay  will  be  graded  according  to  the  following  rubric:    Organization  (10):  Is  the  essay  well  organized?  Does  each  of  its  parts  follow  naturally  from  what  comes  before  and  lead  easily  into  what  comes  after?  Does  the  reader  always  understand  what  topic  is  being  discussed,  what  claim  is  being  made,  and  why?    Style  (5):  Does  the  language  of  your  essay  flow  smoothly?  Is  it  clear?  Is  it  grammatical?  Is  the  diction  appropriate  and  interesting?    Interpretation  (10):  How  well  do  you  understand  and  analyze  the  target  poem?  Is  your  comprehension  of  its  formal  and  substantive  aspects  merely  superficial?  Or  do  you  “dig  deeper”  to  uncover  layers  of  meaning  and  complexity?    Application  (25):  Do  you  correctly  understand  and  apply  the  poetic  principles  articulated  by  Horace?  Is  it  clear  from  your  poem  how  the  target  poem  “measures  up”  in  Horation  terms?