American Poetry: Politics, Movements, Manifestos 4219-RS242
Twentieth century and twenty-first century poetries have often challenged the boundaries of what is possible in writing about cultural and governing politics. In the US, artists and poets addressed social and political strife in their poetry and in more direct statement and action. This course will review the major markers of the more recent American poetic output from modernist texts to more recent experiments in Language poetry and slowpo. It will act as a survey of all the -isms, movements, and key figures of this century and the last, and work to show the vital social role literature continues to play in the US.
Methodology:
Guided class conversation
Student conferences
Presentations
Work:
Proposal with annotated bibliography
Final paper
Type of course
proseminars
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of key concerns literary studies
Knowledge about literary production
Literary analysis skills of texts
Assessment criteria
Attendance and participation
Proposal with annotated bibliography
Final paper
Bibliography
Mary Ann Caws (ed.), Manifesto: A Century of Isms
Jerome Rothenberg & Pierre Joris, Poems for the Millenium, Volumes 1&2
Cary Nelson, Oxford Anthology of American Poetry, Volume 1
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