ENGL 564

Spring 2024

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Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of graduate study of literature or consent of instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
44285
Lecture-Discussion
TD
1:00PM -3:30PM
M
107A English Building
Dean, T
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/16/24-05/01/24
Section Info:
SP24 ENGL 564 - Seminar in Literary Modes and Genres - Tim Dean - Queer American Poetry - The course considers US poetry from a queer perspective, asking why so many canonical poets in the American tradition (Whitman, Dickinson, Eliot, Crane, H.D., Bishop, Hughes, O’Hara, Rich) have appeared as sexually non-normative. What does it mean that forms of queerness lie at the heart of the American poetic canon rather than only at the margins? What visions of queerness---taking that term capaciously---does US poetry offer its readers today? And what resources does poetry provide for shaping language in counter-normative ways? How might we think about projects of queering in formal rather than identitarian idioms? Poetry covered in this course ranges from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. We will focus greater attention on poetic texts than on poets’ biographies and therefore will spend time thinking explicitly about reading strategies. Since poetry demands to be heard (not just read silently on the page), we also will hone our listening strategies: close listening as well as close reading. Because this course focuses on developing techniques of hyper-attention to language, it will be useful for students in any program of English. MFA students especially welcome. The course considers US poetry from a queer perspective, asking why so many canonical poets in the American tradition (Whitman, Dickinson, Eliot, Crane, H.D., Bishop, Hughes, O’Hara, Rich) have appeared as sexually non-normative. What does it mean that forms of queerness lie at the heart of the American poetic canon rather than only at the margins? What visions of queerness---taking that term capaciously---does US poetry offer its readers today? And what resources does poetry provide for shaping language in counter-normative ways? How might we think about projects of queering in formal rather than identitarian idioms? Poetry covered in this course ranges from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. We will focus greater attention on poetic texts than on poets’ biographies and therefore will spend time thinking explicitly about reading strategies. Since poetry demands to be heard (not just read silently on the page), we also will hone our listening strategies: close listening as well as close reading. Because this course focuses on developing techniques of hyper-attention to language, it will be useful for students in any program of English. MFA students especially welcome.
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