Literature 3025 - Poetics Seminar:Experimental Composition

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Bard College

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Since "poesis"-the root of "poetics"-simeans "making," the heart of poetic process andstructure is composition. The same can be said of the structure of music. This course operates as both seminar and laboratory, with particular attention to cross-pollinating traditions of experimentation in poetry, music, philosophy, and science. Authors studied include Stéphane Mallarmé, Marcel Duchamp, Gertrude Stein, John Dewey, John Cage, Neils Bohr, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Steve Reich, Alvin Lucier, Jackson Mac Low, Jonathan Skinner, and Caroline Bergvall. The presence of the John Cage Trust at Bard provides the opportunity for students to examine Cage's varied and original approaches to composition. Prerequisites: at least one advanced course in poetry and/or music and one theory course in any area (or an independent interest in theory).

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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