Poetry in the Present: Undercurrents and Altered Shapes
ENGL 318
Spring 2009
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This class will attend to the wide and relatively unmapped range of current practices and modes of composition within contemporary American poetry, with an emphasis on the protean nature of current forms. In the context of formal possibilities we will look at hybrid forms (poetry and prose), conceptual writing, long forms that update classical methods, 21st-century modes of speech, digital composition, the construction of voice, political personas, and information overload as sources of lyricism. Poets we will read and listen to via recordings will include Harryette Mullen, Eileen Myles, Etel Adnan, Ed Sanders, Kevin Davies, Lisa Jarnot, Roberto Bolano, Tao Lin, Fanny Howe, Alice Notley, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Lewis Warsh, Will Alexander, Rodrigo Toscano, Claudia Rankine, Joanne Kyger, and others. Creative and critical/analytical responses to the readings will be part of the course requirements. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Writing
Creative and critical/analytical response to the readings will be part of the course requirements. There will be weekly response papers with creative components and a longer research paper.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Typical readings will include books, book-length poems and substantial samples of work by the following poets: Harryette Mullen, Eileen Myles, Etel Adnan, Ed Sanders, Kevin Davies, Lisa Jarnot, Roberto Bolano, Tao Lin, Fanny Howe, Alice Notley, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Lewis Warsh, Will Alexander, Rodrigo Toscano, Claudia Rankine, Joanne Kyger, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assuming a one-class per week schedule, two poets per week will be read and discussed. Creative and critical/analytical responses to the readings will be part o the course requirements--there will be weekly response papers with creative components (employing formal aspects used by the writers in question, for instance) and a longer research paper due at the end of the semester. There will also be in-class presentations, and extensive use of audio materials as supplement to the course readings. |
| Instructor(s): Berrigan,Anselm George Times: .M..... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: DWNY100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 12 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 3 | FR: 2 |
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