The Love Poem

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This course surveys some of the world’s most appealing love poems, following a natural history of love.  The selections will include examples drawn from both world poetry and our very own tradition of poetry written in English.  We will look at some attitudes about love and their influence on shaping the love poem, and consider, too, some helpful notes about what makes a good love poem.  Part of the time will be devoted to a short workshop on writing your own love poem. Poetry reading will close the session, a literary bouquet of love’s many roses, with guest poets reading their top picks in the genre.

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After the course, you will:

1. Have a working knowledge of various forms of fiction as well
    as the issues associated with these;

2. Enhance your skills in reading different literary texts by being
    more attentive to the formal nuances of these;

3. Re-discover the power of words and the creative imagination
    in depicting human experience and revealing insight; and

4. Explore further the many riches that different literary genres
    from various times have to offer.

Open to anyone interested in literature.

is a professor in Filipino Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University.