ENGL 242

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Poetry Since 1940

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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 spring 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32059	Lecture-Discussion	S	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	131 English Building	Dean, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Info: This course studies the diversification of poetry in English after Modernism, focusing on various poetic movements and schools (the Beats, the Confessionals, the New York school, Black Mountain, Slam poetry), as well as on poets who did not belong to any identified movement or school. Poets for consideration include W. H. Auden, Frank O’Hara, Allen Ginsburg, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Gary Snyder, Sharon Olds, Robert Creeley, Rita Dove, Mark Doty, Eavan Boland, and Ocean Vuong. Assignments include short papers, memorization and performance of individual poems, and a final exam. Students will have an opportunity to develop their own poems in light of the assigned readings.