EN 344 - Modern Poetry

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Wagner College

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One unit. Development of "modernism" in British, Irish, andAmerican poetry, from Whitman, Dickinson, and Hardy to the major fi gures of the early twentieth century: Yeats, Eliot, Pound, and Stevens. Includes British "war poets," along withimportant fi gures of the '30's, '40's, and '50's, such as Dylan Thomas, Auden, and MacNeConcomitant poetics theory, along with seminal criticism of the period. Close reading of poetic texts along with intensive instruction in the areas of prosody-metaphor and fi gurative language, stanza patterns, rhythm and meter, verse genres, poetic diction, "voice" and tonalmodulation. Essays and research paper, mid-term and fi nal exams. Prerequisite: EN 212 or permission of instructor. May not be taken by students who have taken EN 291 Special Topic: "Contemporary Poetry." Offered fall semester of odd-numbered years.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wagner.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 390-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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