American Poetry: Politics, Movements, Manifestos

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Course ID:	4219-RS242
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	American Poetry: Politics, Movements, Manifestos
Name in Polish:	American Poetry: Politics, Movements, Manifestos
Organizational unit:	American Studies Center
Course groups:	(in Polish) Proseminaria badawcze na studiach II stopnia All classes - weekday programme - 2nd cycle
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses proseminars
Short description:	Twentieth century and twenty-first century poetries have often challenged the boundaries of what is possible in writing about cultural and governing politics. In the US, artists and poets addressed social and political strife in their poetry and in more direct statement and action. This course will review the major markers of the more recent American poetic output from modernist texts to more recent experiments in Language poetry and slowpo. It will act as a survey of all the -isms, movements, and key figures of this century and the last, and work to show the vital social role literature continues to play in the US.
Full description:	Twentieth century and twenty-first century poetries have often challenged the boundaries of what is possible in writing about cultural and governing politics. In the US, artists and poets addressed social and political strife in their poetry and in more direct statement and action. This course will review the major markers of the more recent American poetic output from modernist texts to more recent experiments in Language poetry and slowpo. It will act as a survey of all the -isms, movements, and key figures of this century and the last, and work to show the vital social role literature continues to play in the US. Methodology: Guided class conversation Student conferences Presentations Work: Proposal with annotated bibliography Final paper
Bibliography:	Mary Ann Caws (ed.), Manifesto: A Century of Isms Jerome Rothenberg & Pierre Joris, Poems for the Millenium, Volumes 1&2 Cary Nelson, Oxford Anthology of American Poetry, Volume 1
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge of key concerns literary studies Knowledge about literary production Literary analysis skills of texts
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance and participation Proposal with annotated bibliography Final paper

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