Tuesday, October 22 In class: Lecture and discussion on videopoetry First Screening The Complete Works 4’33” Assignment: Watch 2 videopoems at Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries Write a 1-paragraph response to each of the two videopoems. Post in our GroupMe before class on Thursday, with a link to the videopoems. Thursday, October 24 In class: Discussion… Continue reading Week 10: Videopoetry and Kinetic Poetry
Weeks 8 & 9: From Analog to Digital Poetry
Tuesday, October 8 In class Lecture and Discussion of Poetic Traditions Take home midterm exam handed out. Thursday, October 10 Class does not meet. Midterm exam due. Tuesday, October 15 – Fall Break Thursday, October 17 In class Lecture and discussion on videopoetry Roda Lume Sign Language First Screening Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries When Assignment… Continue reading Weeks 8 & 9: From Analog to Digital Poetry
Week 7: Poetic Contexts and Traditions
Tuesday, October 1 In class: Lecture and discussion on meaning in poetry. Assignment: Explore the Wikipedia entry “List of Poetry Groups and Movements,” research one further in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, and post a 1-paragraph summary of its main concepts in our GroupMe forum. Research what influenced the poet you’re writing about… Continue reading Week 7: Poetic Contexts and Traditions
Week 6: Poetry and Meaning
Tuesday, September 24 Class does not meet. Instead, read at least 2 analyses of performance poetry by your classmates, watch the poems, and reply with contributions of other meaningful details you noticed in the performance. Assignment: In this Google Drive folder, create a document in which you identify the poem you will write your Essay… Continue reading Week 6: Poetry and Meaning
Week 5: Poetry Beyond the Page
Tuesday, September 19 In class: Discussion of Essay #1 Assignment Audio Recordings of Poetry: Penn Sound The Last Poets Ursula Rucker, “Return to Innocence Lost“ Sound Poetry: UbuWeb: Sound Vispo: Audio Assignment Read “Sound Poetry” in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Explore UbuWeb: Sound Create a Google document in this shared folder and… Continue reading Week 5: Poetry Beyond the Page
Essay #1: Material Analysis of a Poem
Description For this essay, you must select a poem from Please Excuse This Poem and perform a detailed analysis of its materiality and form in support of a clearly stated interpretation of the poem. Your goal is to persuade your audience (your classmates and professor) of what you feel the poet was trying to communicate… Continue reading Essay #1: Material Analysis of a Poem
Week 4: Looking at Poems
Tuesday, September 10 In class: Lecture and discussion on poetic form and visual information Assignment: In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Visual Poetry” “Concrete Poetry” Choose a poem from Singing School and write a brief analysis of how its form contributes to meaning. Post in our GroupMe before class on Thursday. Thursday,… Continue reading Week 4: Looking at Poems
Week 3: The Music of Poetry
Tuesday, September 3 In class: The Music of Poetry – lecture and discussion Assignment: In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Rhyme” “Alliteration” “Consonance” “Assonance” “Onomatopoeia” Perform a brief analysis (1-2 paragraphs) of what some of these sound patterns contribute to your understanding of a poem from “Listening” in Singing School. Post in… Continue reading Week 3: The Music of Poetry
New Group Forum
Once you’ve joined the group, copy/paste your analysis from last week and the one for this one, each one as a separate post.
Week 2: The Sounds of Poetry
Thursday, August 29 In class: The Music of Poetry – lecture and discussion Assignment: In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Scansion” “Trimeter” “Tetrameter” “Pentameter” Read “Listening” (the whole chapter) in Singing School. Perform a metrical analysis of a poem from “Listening” in Singing School. Post in our discussion group.