Showing posts with label Week 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 1. Show all posts
Timeline
This is the timeline that we created in class today for the poets we will discuss this semester. Notice how the bulk of these poets lived between circa 1870 and 1970. In other words, most of the poets we will be discussing for this course on 19th & 20th Century American Poetry lived within the same one hundred year period.
What was special about this period, 1870-1970? What were the most important social, cultural, historical, and political events during this time?
Compare our timeline with this timeline of American history. When did the major wars take place? Also look at the cultural, scientific, and world events that occurred at the same time that "our" poets lived and wrote their poetry. How do you think these events may have influenced the writing of our poets?
You can also visit this portal site on American history.
What was special about this period, 1870-1970? What were the most important social, cultural, historical, and political events during this time?
Compare our timeline with this timeline of American history. When did the major wars take place? Also look at the cultural, scientific, and world events that occurred at the same time that "our" poets lived and wrote their poetry. How do you think these events may have influenced the writing of our poets?
You can also visit this portal site on American history.
Poetry?
Below is the definition for "poetry" that you came up with in class.
Poetry is a form of literature. A poem is a relatively short aesthetic text that is usually rich in meaning, ideas, images, and emotions. Poetry uses different poetic devices such as metaphor and rhyme. It is often meant to be read vocally, because it includes words chosen for their sound quality.Use this definition as your base and elaborate it to make your own definition of “poetry”. You can expect a question like the following in a future test or exam, counting anything from 5 to 10 points:
- Define “poetry”.
- What is a poem?
...ooOoo...
Make sure that you can answer the following questions from the "Reviewing Chapter One"-section in Sound & Sense, p. 10:
1. Differentiate between ordinary language and poetic language.
4. Explain the distinction between poetry and other imaginative literature.
5. Review the four dimensions of experience that poetry involves.
Introduction
On this blog I will list some (not all) notes for our class about 19th and 20th century American poetry. You will also find links to many of the poems we discuss in class, as well as links to other relevant and/or interesting sites. Make sure that you visit this site on a weekly basis. If you have questions, be sure to email me. My email is provided on your lecture plan.
In this class we will basically enjoy a cursory overview of modern American poetry, starting with the Romantics and working our up through the 20th century. We will touch on fifteen of America’s great poets and look at some of the great themes of the previous two centuries, like Romanticism, Imagism, Modernism, and Race and Gender Issues.
This class will also review the poetic devices and facilitate you to discuss and respond in academic writing to poems and literary topics.
I hope you enjoy this journey with me through some of the greatest modern English poetry.
In this class we will basically enjoy a cursory overview of modern American poetry, starting with the Romantics and working our up through the 20th century. We will touch on fifteen of America’s great poets and look at some of the great themes of the previous two centuries, like Romanticism, Imagism, Modernism, and Race and Gender Issues.
This class will also review the poetic devices and facilitate you to discuss and respond in academic writing to poems and literary topics.
I hope you enjoy this journey with me through some of the greatest modern English poetry.
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