Module Information
Module Identifier
ENM3220
Module Title
THE NEW POETRY AND PROSE
Academic Year
2010/2011
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | Seminar. 2 hours per week |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 1 x 5,000 word essay Essay: | |
Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. Where this involves re-submission of work, a new topic must be selected. |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. identify the main characteristics of mid-century radical poetry and prose in America;
2. explain what distinguishes and / or connects the various movements or 'schools' involved;
3. discuss individual texts in a critical, coherent, and independent manner;
4. evaluate the relationship between the literature involved and its various contexts.
Content
Donald Allen's anthology "The New American Poetry 1945-1960" remains the most important anthology of American alternative poetry in the post-war era. Despite the fact that it failed to include a sufficient number of black or women poets, it was nevertheless a remarkably accurate and useful guide to the poetry of its time and also anticipated much of the poetry and related prose that came after it. Paul Hoover's "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994) builds upon these foundations by including the Language poets and a broad base of performance-related poetries.
_1. Black Mountain School and the New Poetry
Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994); Ann Charters (ed), "The Portable Beat Reader" (2003)
_2. The "Beat" Writers
Allen Ginsberg, "Howl" (1956)
Jack Kerouac, "On the Road" (1957)
See also: Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994); Ann Charters (ed), "The Portable Beat Reader" (2003)
_3. New American Prose
Hubert Selby, "Last Exit to Brooklyn" (1966)
Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994); Ann Charters (ed), "The Portable Beat Reader" (2003)
_4. The New York Poets
John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, Frank O'Hara, in Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994)
_5. Poetry and Mythology
Gary Snyder, "Turtle Island" (1974)
Further reading: "Earth House Hold" (1969)
_1. Black Mountain School and the New Poetry
Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994); Ann Charters (ed), "The Portable Beat Reader" (2003)
_2. The "Beat" Writers
Allen Ginsberg, "Howl" (1956)
Jack Kerouac, "On the Road" (1957)
See also: Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994); Ann Charters (ed), "The Portable Beat Reader" (2003)
_3. New American Prose
Hubert Selby, "Last Exit to Brooklyn" (1966)
Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994); Ann Charters (ed), "The Portable Beat Reader" (2003)
_4. The New York Poets
John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, Frank O'Hara, in Paul Hoover (ed), "Postmodern American Poetry" (1994)
_5. Poetry and Mythology
Gary Snyder, "Turtle Island" (1974)
Further reading: "Earth House Hold" (1969)
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7