ENGL 373-01, Developments in Contemporary Poetry, Fall 2007

Abstract

This class will advance students knowledge of current developments in contemporary poetry through readings in Required Texts: l. Taboo by Yusef Komunyakaa 2. Blackbird & Wolfby Henri Cole 3. Intervaleby Betty Adcock, 4. the lron City by John Bensko, 5. On Looking, essays by poet Lia Purpura 6. Men in the OffHours by Anne Carson 7. Fleur Carnivore by Rich Lyons and 8. Fata Morgana by Reginald Shepherd. (8 text$ In addition you will receive 25 pages of supplementary xeroxed material by Frostn Eliot, Pound, Toomer, Hughes' Moore, Bishop, Lowell, Williams, Yeats, Stevens, Pound and others. Keep this material with you and bring it in to each class. Students are expected to analyze and prepare to discuss the poems and essays they read ahead of time, so that they will make significant contributions to class discussion. The more each member contributes in different ways to the seminar/tutorial the more interesting it will be.