COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 5065 THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course examines in detail some of the key poets and texts of the New American Poetry, focusing on Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance and the New York School, the three central schools of American mid-century modernist poetics. As well as understanding the oeuvres of the poets involved in these schools we will consider the societal contexts of the period, contributions from visual artists and composers and the nature of canon building.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate knowledge of the authors and texts addressed on the course as well as the key theoretical issues of mid-century American poetics.
2   Critically analyse modern poetry.
3   Understand the cultural and historical context behind The New American Poetry.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 .Introduction: Schools and Donald Allen / The New American Poetry vs. New Poets of England and America Lecture
2 Grandparents and Aunties: Ezra Pound, Canto CXVI, `Notes for CXVII et seq. (1968), Preface from Selected Prose (1971); William Carlos Williams, Paterson V (1962), from Pictures from Breughel (1962); Objectivist Verse, Louis Zukofsky, `The First Half of A -9 (1940), `Sincerity and Objectification Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
3 .Introduction to Black Mountain, Charles Olson, `Projective Verse Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
4 Charles Olson, `The Kingfishers , `I, Maximus of Gloucester, To You , `The Songs of Maximus , `Maximus, to himself ; Robert Creeley Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
5 Ed Dorn and John Wieners Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
6 Denise Levertov Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
7 Introduction to the San Francisco Renaissance, Robert Duncan, Pages from a Notebook `A Poem Beginning with a Line by Pindar Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
8 Jack Spicer `Imaginary Elegies and other poems Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
9 Allen Ginsberg, `Howl and `Kaddish Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
10 Philip Whalen; Gary Snyder, `Riprap , `Buddhism and the Coming Revolution Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
11 .Introduction to the New York School, Frank O Hara, `Personism: A Manifesto , `Why I Am Not a Painter , `In Memory of My Feelings , `The Day Lady Died Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
12 John Ashbery; Kenneth Koch Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
13 Barbara Guest Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations
14 LeRoi Jones, ` How You Sound Lecture, Discussion, Text Analysis Student Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Donald Allen (ed.) The New American Poetry
Supplementary Book(s): Donald Allen (ed.) The Poetics of the New American Poetry

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Discussion
Textual Analysis
Student Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Assessment will involve one take-home essay at mid-term, one examination at the final and one in-class presentation. In essays and examinations it is important that students achieve coherence of thought, understanding of course topics and contexts and synthesis of the ideas and topics on the course. MLA formatting should be followed in the take-home paper and references should be made only to reputable sources and properly cited. During presentations students should display the same understanding and synthesis, as well as concision and good presentation skills. There should be no plagiarism in any of these topics, and any students who do not submit any of these assessments will fail.

All students are expected to contribute coherently to class discussion and provide in depth and sensible analyses of the texts that we have read.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Any attempt at plagiarism at research papers will result in failure in this course and start a legal process against the student. The minimum attendance requirement for this class is 70 %.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.basarır@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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