LALL 611 Intro to Contemporary Poetry II

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course

A continuation of the first semester course, Introduction to Contemporary Poetry II looks at set forms and free verse to explore the possibilities inherent in both approaches. We will look at work by seminal writers whose work has shaped both approaches and visions of what the formal or the free verse poem can be and do. In looking at free verse we will contrast its discursive and its imagistic modes. Similarly in looking at form we will explore two different approaches: namely, one that conceives of form as a kind of artfulness on its own account and one that conceives of form as intrinsic to meaning. The course will also introduce students to the workshop style of teaching and learning.

Prerequisites LALL*610

Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.