Shipwrecks of the Singular
ENGL 362
Spring 2016 not offered
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American poetry often enacts formal and thematic tensions that have corollaries in political history. In this seminar we will look at how various poets (some American, some not) have handled such tensions. Are poets compulsive reenactors of trauma? Can a poem possess both formal unity and openness, or does it, finally, have to choose between them? Are there systems of relation that accommodate belonging and difference, singularity and numerousness, or is the notion of such a structure ill-conceived, a folly? What can be salvaged from what George Oppen calls the "shipwreck of the singular"? |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Primary texts will include but will not be limited to:
George Oppen, OF BEING NUMEROUS
Gertrude Stein, FOUR IN AMERICA
M. NourbeSe Philip, ZONG
Kamau Brathwaite, MIDDLE PASSAGES
Charles Olson, CALL ME ISHMAEL
C. A. Conrad, ECODEVIANCE
Daniel Defoe, ROBINSON CRUSOE
Recommended:
Eula Biss, NO MAN'S LAND
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Examinations and Assignments:
Major assignments: a mid-term (5-7 page) essay; a final (7-10 page) essay and several short responses. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the American Literature, Theory & Literary Forms, and Creative Writing (genre) concentrations of the English major. |
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