Mimesis and Materiality in 20th-Century US Poetry - AAA133020
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Poslední úprava: Stephan Delbos, M.F.A., Ph.D. (05.02.2022)
Requirements Attendance and class participation Weekly short responses to readings Class presentation Final essay Optional 2nd essay for a ZK Attendance: You are required to attend all class meetings on time. Class presentation: Each student is required to deliver a five-minute presentation on a specific topic, poem, or poet. Final essay: Students will write a final essay of 2,000 words on one of the poets or topics we’ve covered in class. The subject will be discussed with the teacher in advance. Primary and secondary sources are required. The essay must be typed in Times New Roman 12—point font and double—spaced. Title the essay, number the pages, and staple them together in the top left corner. Late papers will not be accepted without a legitimate excuse. In addition, students wanting to produce a second graded essay for a ZK may do so: required length: 2,000—3,000 words; subjects to be discussed with the teacher—scholar." School Policies Course lecturers will fail any piece of work that they feel shows clear signs of having been plagiarized. Contact details stephan.delbos@ff.cuni.cz Course Schedule Week 1: Against Representation: The Modern Turn Week 2: Hart Crane, Chaplin and The Apples! Week 3: William Carlos Williams: No Ideas But in Things Week 4: Surrealists and Proletarians: The Avant-garde Circa 1930 Week 5: The Black Mountain School: The Objects of Words Week 6: The “New American” Poetry: Aspirin, Lorca and Lemons Week 7: Cold War Currents: Abstraction, Realism, Nationalism Week 8: Poetry as Event: Happenings, Be-Ins, ‘60s Poetry Week 9: Ekphrasis and Photography: 1970s Symbiosis Week 10: Concrete and Minimal Poetry in the Late 20th Century Week 11: Flarf and Conceptual Poetry: Turning into the 21st Century Week 12: Instagram Poetry, Combine Texts |