L.ENG 328 - American Literature: Modern & Contemporary Poetry

Credits: 3

An intensive study of several major twentieth-century American poets, such as Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Hart Crane, Robert Hayden, Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill, and Sylvia Plath. The focus will be on learning how to read, understand, and take pleasure in each of these poets by exploring his or her characteristic techniques and themes in the context of his or her life and literary milieu. The course will include online films as well as student-led classroom discussions and much challenging and rewarding reading. Assignments may include memorization and performance of poems, a narrative-critical essay, a written abstract and oral summary of a critical essay, an oral interpretation of a poem, a critical paper, and a final exam.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable