ENGL 242

Fall 2014 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

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 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40992	Lecture-Discussion	S	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	Armory	Labella, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 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 movements and tracing how they anticipate the contemporary scene. Examples of such movements include the Beat poets, the Deep Image poets, the New York School, 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; five short responses; a group presentation; & class participation.