CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY

ACL551

Course Code: ACL551
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Seda Şen

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Develop a comprehensive understanding of the diversity and dynamism of contemporary American poetry.
Analyze the complex socio-political backgrounds of poems and critically evaluate them.
Engage critically with the poetics of poetry and identify characteristics of performativity.

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course offers an in-depth examination of contemporary American poetry from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. Through a study of major poets and movements such as concrete, digital, performative, and spoken word poetry, students explore diverse poetic forms, themes, and innovations that characterize contemporary American poetry and its intersections with culture, identity, and society.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course & Overview of the Syllabus
2^nd Week	Lecture: An Overview of American Poetry until Romanticism, Romantic Poetry in America, the Legacy of Modernist American Poetry & American Poetry After WW2
3^rd Week	Confessional Poetry
4^th Week	Black Mountain School
5^th Week	Beat Poetry
6^th Week	Language Poetry
7^th Week	Black Arts Movement
8^th Week	Midterm Examination
9^th Week	Poetry and Race
10^th Week	Poetry and Interdisciplinary Topics
11^th Week	Poetry and Music
12^th Week	Poetry and Image
13^th Week	Poetry and Performance
14^th Week	Poetry and the Digital Space

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13