1. Universitas Islam As-Syafi’iyah
Jl. Raya Jatiwaringin No: 12 Pondok Gede
Jakarta Timur
COURSE SYLLABUS
A. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Subject : Exploring Prose and Poetry
2. Credit : 2 credit hours
3. Semester/Year : VI/2014-2015
4. Faculty/Department : English Department
5. Lecturers : Hanafi Wibowo, S. Pd, M. Pd
A. Course description
This course discusses the concept of poetry, kinds and elements of poetry, approaches in
analyzing poetry, reading and appreciating poetry; and composing poetry, recitation and teaching
poetry.
B. Objectives
The objectives of this course are:
Cognitive aspects:
1. Students are able to understand the definition, and kinds of poem,
2. Students are able to understand the elements of poem,
3. Students are able to understand the approaches or literary criticism that is used in analyzing poems,
Psychomotor aspects:
1. Students are able to explain the definition, and kinds of poem,

2. 2. Students are able to explain the elements of poem,
3. Students are able to analyze poem by using approaches or literary criticism.
4. Students are able to compose poem.
Attitude aspects:
1. Students are able to recite poems properly
2. Students are able to get the values or other cultural aspects after analyzing poem
3. Students are able to teach poetry not only in university levels but also in senior and junior level.
C. Learning indicators
In poetry class, students must shows motivation and participation in the classroom. Thus,
students must fulfill the following indicators
1. Read all topics in the syllabus based on the meeting
2. Write Intellectual Diary/resume individually based on the topic
3. Discusses the ID/resume in the classroom
4. Compose poem
5. Compose an essay about poetry analysis
6. Recite poem in the Poetry Out Loud
D. Course outline
Week/
Dates
Topics Sub-Topics Readings
I
1. Introduction
meeting
2. Concept of poetry
1.1 Welcoming the
class
1.2 Learning Contract
2. Definition of poetry
Abrams, M.H
Barnett, Sylvan. et al
Kennedy, X.J.
Perrine, Laurence
II-III Kinds of poetry
1. Ballads
2. Lyrics
3. Ode
4. Haiku
5. Sonnet
6. etc
Abrams, M.H
Bugeja, Michael J.
Kennedy, X. J
Perrine, Laurence
IV-V Elements of poetry 1. Diction
2. Kinds of Figurative
language
3. Imagery
Abrams, M.H
Bugeja, Michael J.
Kennedy, X. J
Perrine, Laurence

3. 4. Rhythm and rhyme
and Tone
VI-VII Some Approaches in
Analyzing poetry
1. Semiotics
2. Structural genetic
3. Mimetic
4. Hermeneutics
5. Expressive
6. Feminism
Mid-Semester / Quiz
VIII-XIV Practicing Reading
and Analyzing Poetry 1. She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron
2. A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burn
3 She Dwelled Among the Untrodden Ways by William Wordsworth
4. Thank You God for Most This Amazing by E.E. Cummings
5. Teeth by Spike Milligan
6. Success is Counted Sweetest By Emily Dickinson
7. Joy and Sorrow by Khalil Gibran
E. Learning strategies and instructional media
Learning Strategies:
1. Lecture
2. Student presentation about the topics
3. Group Discussion
4. Poem Recitation
5. Individual essay
Instructional Media:
1. PowerPoint
2. LCD Projector
3. Video of Poem Recitation
F. Assignment
In order to build students’ motivation to read the topics in the subject and to increase
their participation in the classroom, they are required to compose an ID or resume based on the
topic on the syllabus. Furthermore, some ID/resumes will be choose based on its
comprehensiveness and completeness and will be explain by the students in front of the class.
G. Assessment
Students’ learning is assessed through students’ assignments, portfolio of students resume
or Intellectual Diary (ID), class participation and attendance, composing poem and recitation, and
mid-term and semester tests.
By the end of the course, students are able to compose poem, to recite, and to produce an
essay of about 500 words long on poem analysis.

4. The final mark of the course will be based on the following aspects:
1. Attendance : at least 80% of the whole meetings
2. Classroom participation : 10 %
3. Individual/Group assignment : 20 %
4. Midterm test : 30 %
5. Final examination : 40 %
H. References
Abrams, M.H. Glossary of Literary Terms Seventh Edition. Cornell University.
Bugeja, Michael J. The Art and Craft of Poetry. Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books. 1994
Kennedy, X. J. An Introduction to Poetry. Fifth Edition. New York: Longman, 2002
Siswantoro. Apresiasi Puisi-Puisi Sastra Inggris. Surakarta: Muhammadiyah University Press. 2002
Wolosky, Shira. The Art of Poetry. How to Read A Poem. Oxford: OUP, Inc. 2001
I. Suggested :
Barnett, Sylvan. et al. An Introduction to Literature. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers,
1995.
Capella, David and Wormser, Baron. Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, 2000
Perrine, Laurence. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. New York: New York: Harcourt,
Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1977.
Pradopo, Rachmat Djoko. Pengkajian Puisi. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press. 1995
Lye John. Critical Analysis Of Poetry. Retrieved from
http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.php