ENGL 242

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Poetry Since 1940

Credit: 3 hours.

An exploration of English-language poetry written since World War II. Students study some or all of the following major poetic movements of the period: the Beats, the New York School, the Black Mountain poets, the Confessional school, the Deep Image poets, the British "movement" and post-"Movement" poets, the Black Arts movement, Feminist poets, Post-colonial poetry, Language poets, and the current multifarious poetry scene.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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ENGL 242 class schedule data for fall 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40992	Lecture-Discussion	M	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	104 English Building	Labella, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Section Info: The first necessity of poetry, Allen Grossman contends, ?is the transmission of the human image.? Our survey of poetry since 1940 begins with poetic responses to the crises of the human image around the time of World War II. It then ventures across the remainder of the 20th century, studying different poetry movements and tracing how they lean toward the contemporary scene. Examples of such movements include the Beat poets, the Deep Image poets, the New York School, Language Poetry, and poets associated with ecopoetry and multiculturalism. The aim of the course is to reflect on the possible links between, on the one hand, the changing forms of poetic action as a means for making the image of persons and, on the other hand, the questions of human valuing. The requirements of ENGL 242 are: two exams; two essays; quizzes & exercises; ten short responses; a group presentation; & class participation.