Contemporary Poetry
English · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Every Second Year
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Description
This course offers a broad survey of contemporary poetry from the 1950s to the present, covering a wide range of poetic movements, including beat poetry, confessional poetry, the New York School, Language poetry, feminist poetry, dub poetry, conceptual poetry, Flaff, ecopoetics, and post-conceptual poetry.
Requisite courses
6 credit hours of First-year English, including ENGL-1001(6) or ENGL-1000(3) [prerequisite(s)].
Note
Experimental Course - This course is offered on a trial basis to gauge interest in the topic. Students who successfully complete this course receive credit as indicated.
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