ENGL 90129 - Issues in Contemporary Poetics

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

In this course we will approach modern and contemporary poetics in all its multiplicity, focusing on multigenred, multilingual, multimedia, and translated works, as well as works which undermine conventional "literary" textuality through performativity, disability, obscenity, materiality, invisibility, and other modalities. Texts will include prose, drama, lyric and critical writings by modern and contemporary global authors such as Kim Hyesoon, Amiri Baraka, Laura Solórzano, Jean Genet, Wole Soyinka, Ariana Reinas, Aase Berg, Lennard Davis, Deleuze and Guattari, Theresa Cha, Don Mee Choi, Antonin Artaud, Harryette Mullen, Heiner Müller, Ishmael Reed, Kathy Acker and Bylex Puma. Media under study will also include video, film, visual and sound art, performance and hypermedia.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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