MODERN AMERICAN POETRY – COURSE SCHEDULE

Fri 22/2 – Intro to the course

Mon 25/2 – Introductory lecture – American poetry & culture in the first half of the century

Fri 1/3 – Lecture – Pound, Imagism

Mon 4/3 – Practical – Pound, poems

Fri 8/3 – Lecture – Eliot 

Mon 11/3 – Practical – Eliot, poems

Fri 15/3 – NO CLASS, HAVE FUN

Mon 18/3 – Lecture – Stevens

Fri 22/3 – Practical – Stevens, poems

Mon 25/3 – Lecture – Williams

Fri 29/3 – Practical – Williams, poems

Fri 12/4 – Lecture – Crane

Mon 15/4 – Practical – Crane, poems

Fri 19 4 – Lecture – Jarrell, American poetry & culture in the 2^nd half of the century

Mon 22/4 – TEST 1 (American poetry & culture in the 1^st half of the century, Imagism, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Williams, Crane)

Fri 26/4 – Practical – Jarrell, poems

Mon 29/4 – Lecture – The Beat Generation, Ginsberg

Fri 10/5 – Practical – Ginsberg, poems

Mon 13/5 – Film – Ginsberg, interview

Fri 17/5 – Lecture – Bishop

Mon 20/5 – Practical – Bishop, poems

Fri 24/5 – Lecture – Confessional poetry, Lowell

Mon 27/5 – Practical – Lowell, poems

Fri 31/5 – Lecture – Plath

Mon 3/6 – TEST 2 (Jarrell, American poetry in the 2^nd half of the century, The Beat Generation, Ginsberg, Bishop, Confessional poetry, Lowell, Plath)

Fri 7/6 – Practical – Plath, poems