American Poetry ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

This course introduces students to a full range of twentieth-century American Poetry. The emphasis in this course will be on the poets and their poems as well as their impact and poetry's impact on politics/democracy. Students will be introduced to the basics of analyzing poetic form and rhythms, as well as interpretative strategies relevant for understanding an author's individual voice and the ways in which his or her poems engage with U.S. history and ideas of the poet's vocation in society.