ENGL 3704 - Contemporary American Poetry

Institution:

Becker College - Closed

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This course will concern the poetic practice, theories and trends of contemporary and American poetry and poetics, from 1945 to the present. Students will read and analyze the works of such major poets as A.R. Ammons, John Ashbery, John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Bly, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Creeley, Rita Dove, Allen Ginsberg, Donald Hall, David Ignatow, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Kizer, Stanley Kunitz, Denise Levertov, Robert Lowell, Mary Oliver, Charles Olsen, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath and Richard Wilbur. Students will also be expected to write numerous critical papers and attend local poetry readings during the summer. Prerequisites: ENGL1001, ENGL1003, and one 2000-level literature-based course or permission of the instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.becker.edu

Phone Number:

(877) 523-2537

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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