English 236 - Spring, 2015

Poetics

Class Information

Instructor: Ronda, Margaret
CRN: 52857
Time: W 3:10-6:00
Location: 120 Voorhies
Breadth: Later American
Focus: Genre, Theory

Description

In this course, we will read a series of influential manifestos and theories of poetry from the modern period to the present. We will explore some of the central concerns of poetics over the past century, from modernist questions of abstraction and impersonality to the linguistic turn. Special attention will be paid to issues of cultural representation in poetry, with readings in contemporary feminist, queer, and critical race traditions. Students will undertake their own creative and critical experiments in the field of poetics.

Texts

Poetry in Theory: An Anthology 1900-2000, Jon Cook
Heteronomy, Chris Nealon
Nilling, Lisa Robertson
Hughson's Tavern, Fred Moten