(Recorded Course) Poems Every Catholic Should Know with Joseph Pearce (Survey, Poetry)

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How to get the most out of Poems Every Catholic Should Know with Joseph Pearce:

  • First, read the course materials below,

  • Then have a notebook ready for class notes.

  • Read the assigned chapter for that week.

  • Watch that week’s recording.

  • Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Total Classes: 6

Duration: 55 minutes

Prerequisite: None

Suggested Grade Level: 9th to 12th grade

Suggested Credit: 1/2 semester Poetry or Literature

Instructor: Joseph Pearce

Course Description: Join Professor Pearce as he leads us through a thousand years of Christian verse, introducing us to those great poems which every Catholic should know, including the poetry of Dante, Southwell, Crashaw, Coleridge, Newman, Hopkins, Belloc, Chesterton, and Sassoon.

Course Outline:

Class One - Dante (pp. 10-21)

Class Two - Martyred Saints & Exiled Poets (pp. 47-72 & 116-129)

Class Three - Coleridge, Newman & Hopkins (pp. 165-183 & 215-220)

Class Four - Wilde, Thompson & Dowson (pp. 223-249)

Class Five - Belloc, Baring & Chesterton (pp. 251-253 & 262-268)

Class Six - Sassoon (pages 269-274)

 

Course Materials: Poems Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce (the instructor), ISBN #978-1-50510-862-0 (also available as a Kindle book. The Kindle app is free.)

Homework: The reading assignment for each class is detailed in the Course Outline above. Students should complete the assigned reading for each class beforehand. Students should highlight the passages discussed in class and review this for the quiz assigned for each class. The estimated time for homework for each class, i.e. for the assigned reading and reviewing for each quiz, should be about 90 minutes.