AJ5_SAMP Contemporary American Poetry

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavla Buchtová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course examines the development of American poetry from the 1960s to present. The course is designed to introduce students to new trends in poetry (sound poetry, performance poetry), new authors (poets of various ethnic backgrounds, feminist poets) and new subject matters (political poetry).
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: new trends, authors, subject matters 2. L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets (Charles Bernstein, Bruce Andrews) 3. Sound poetry (John Giorno, Anne Waldman) 4. Performance poetry (Laurie Anderson) 5. Concrete/visual poetry 6. Feminist poets (Adrienne Rich, Olga Broumas, Marge Piercy) 7. Native American poets (Joy Harjo, Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich) 8. Afro-American poets (Ntozake Shange, Ishmael Reed) 9. Hispanic poets (Judith Ortiz Cofer, Pedro Pietri) 10. Asian American poets(Janice Mirikitani) 11. Poets Laureate (Maxine Kumin, Rita Dove) 12. Poetry Awards (Philip Levine, Sharon Olds)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003.
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