With this course, I am launching a sequence of courses– one per semester– that will enhance your analytical skills and bring you up to date on the poetic traditions of the last 100+ years. Here’s a flyer with the whole sequence:
Final Exam
Friday, December 11 Room: Chardón 326 Time: 7:30-9:30 am Assignment for the exam. Link to exam
Week 17: Shutdown
Monday, December 7 We will meet for our final exam in our usual classroom, CH-326, at 7:30 am. For the final exam, study Shane Koyczan, “To This Day” To This Day (TED talk version) Explore audio, video, and written versions of the poem at www.tothisdayproject.com There will be questions or a big question about this… Continue reading Week 17: Shutdown
Week 16: Poetry and Meaning
Monday, November 30 Poetry and Meaning lecture (above): Literal language Read “Denotation and Connotation” in the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Wednesday, December 2 Poetry and Meaning lecture (above): Figurative Language Read “Simile” and “Metaphor” in the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Friday, December 4 Poetry and Meaning lecture (above): Symbolism Read “Symbol”… Continue reading Week 16: Poetry and Meaning
English 3325: Modern Poetry – The Hipster Edition
Join Prof. Leonardo Flores for an exploration of the hipster poets of the early 20th century, responsible for (temporarily) shifting poetry away from Romantic subjectivity and Victorian adherence to poetic form and morality. Their poetry was innovative, edgy, annoyingly erudite, deliberately difficult, typographically experimental, and absolutely brilliant, even in its failures. Don’t miss out on… Continue reading English 3325: Modern Poetry – The Hipster Edition
Week 15: Writing About E-Poetry
Monday, November 23 Continue discussion from Friday. Research resources for your essay: ELMCIP Knowledge Base CELL Search Engine Wednesday, November 25 Read “White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares“ Read “A Shifting Electronic Text: Close Reading White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares“ Read “Close Reading 2.0“
Week 14: I [game] E-Poetry
Monday, November 16 Read “Digital Textuality and its Behaviors” (pg 51 in the pdf). Explore I ♥ E-Poetry Games Wednesday, November 18 Read entry on and play “Game, Game, Game, and again Game” by Jason Nelson Friday, November 20 Read the work assigned to you in I ♥ E-Poetry Games. If you weren’t present, choose… Continue reading Week 14: I [game] E-Poetry
Week 13: Bots!
Monday, November 9 Read and play with “What Would I Say?” Share some of your generated status updates in our Facebook Group. Read and explore “The Wisdom of Chopra“ Read Genre: Bot Wednesday, November 11 In the Genre: Bot resource, read and write 1 paragraph about: one dataminer bot one markov chain bot one generator… Continue reading Week 13: Bots!
Week 12: Constraint Based Writing
Monday, November 2 Read this article about the OULIPO. Read “Cent Mille Milliards de Poèmes“ Play with the N+7 Generator. Class activity: Marilyn will pair up students and send you to the computers. Generate a version of the poem. Take a screenshot of it (hit command-shift-4 and select the poem). Post a 1-paragraph analysis… Continue reading Week 12: Constraint Based Writing
Week 11: Generative Poetry
Monday, October 26 Read Haiku Read “In a Station of the Metro“ Read translations of Basho’s frog poem Read “Basho’s Frogger“ Read “@HaikuD2“ Wednesday, October 28 Read “Jane Austen Haiku“ Read “Poem.exe“ Read “Pentametron“ Explore Generative works in I ♥ E-Poetry Read “Taroko Gorge” and write a 1-paragraph response to the poem in our Facebook… Continue reading Week 11: Generative Poetry