| Description |
xv, 175 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
NCTE Chalkface series |
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NCTE Chalkface series.
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| Contents |
1. Performing poetry -- 2. What is poetry? -- 3. Words and meanings -- 4. Forms and functions -- 5. Writing a poetry critique -- 6. Theories and practices |
| Summary |
This book offers a different approach to poetry study. It openly emphasises analysis and inquiry, though without ignoring the connections poetry can have to individual and social experience. It treats poetry not as a mystical, heightened mode of expression but as a form of discourse. It argues that poetry, like all discourses, is governed by conventions of thought and action that are embedded in historical and social contexts. By making some of these conventions explicit, the book tries to give students a clearer understanding of how poetry works. Instead of leading students through a study of decontextualised terms and concepts, the book examines poetry in terms of the beliefs and values, practices and contexts that writers, readers, publishers and teachers work with and within. CONTENTS: - Chapter 1 introduces poetry through shared readings of poems that students themselves choose. - Chapter 2 invites students to investigate the 'nature' of poetry. - Chapter 3 introduces the ideas of word and connotation. - Chapter 4 focuses on the relationship between forms, meanings and the social functions of poetry. - Chapter 5 provides models and guidelines for writing about poetry. - Chapter 6 introduces students to some theoretical accounts of poetry |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Audience |
Secondary school students |
| Subject |
Poetics.
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Poetry -- Explication.
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Poetry -- Study and teaching.
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| ISBN |
1875136207 |
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9781875136209 |
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