ENGL 90708 - Poetic Lang, Theory, Prformnce

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

Much of modern and contemporary poetics tries to explore and expand the thesis that poetry is made of language but not of what we use language to produce: meanings, concepts, propositions, descriptions, narratives, expressions of feeling, and so on. (Not that a poem excludes these things. It is simply that poetry is no longer in their service--it is not a form of mediation.) In this course we will examine some of the more radical versions of this thesis: language poetry (arguably the most important poetic movement of the last century, with apologies to literary tradition), sound poetry, and concrete or visual poetry--instances in which the poem is not only an object but also an event, a performance, and/or a limit-experience.

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3.00

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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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