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English 3740: Studies in Poetry

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  • Hello Students! 2013-08-14 news
  • "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins 2013-08-14 readings
  • "Why I Am Not a Painter" by Frank O'Hara 2013-08-16 readings
  • Week 2 Readings 2013-08-17 readings
  • Assignment: Responding to a Love Poem 2013-08-21 Assignments
  • Week 3 Readings: Tone and Speaker 2013-08-23 readings
  • Week 4: Speaker, Situation, Setting 2013-09-04 readings
  • Week 5: Time and Place 2013-09-09 readings
  • Week 6: Language Choices 2013-09-13 readings
  • Essay #1: Analysis of a Poem 2013-09-16 Assignments
  • Week 7: Essay and Exam 2013-09-20 news
  • Week 8: Writing Literal and Figurative Language 2013-09-30 readings
  • Week 9: The Sounds of Poetry 2013-10-07 readings
  • Week 10: Sound and Structure 2013-10-14 Assignments, readings
  • A Tool for Practicing Prosody 2013-10-16 resources
  • Bonus Opportunities 2013-10-21 bonus
  • Week 12: External Form 2013-10-28 readings
  • Week 13: The Whole Poem 2013-11-04 readings
  • Week 14: Poetry in Context 2013-11-13 Assignments, readings
  • Week 15: Poetry in Context 2013-11-22 readings
  • Essay #2: Contextual Analysis of a Poem 2013-11-22 Assignments
  • Electronic Poetry 2013-12-02 readings
  • End of Semester Survival Guide 2013-12-07 Assignments, news
  • Fall 2015 Startup 2015-08-14 news
  • Week 1: Poetry and Memory 2015-08-14 Assignments
  • Week 2: Rhythm, Meter, and Rhyme 2015-08-21 Assignments, readings
  • Week 3: Patterns of sound 2015-08-28 Assignments, readings
  • Week 4: Sounding it out 2015-09-07 Assignments
  • Bonus: Greeting Card Analysis 2015-09-07 bonus
  • Week 5: Sound Check 2015-09-11 Assignments, readings
  • Week 6: Lines, Stanzas, Poetic Form 2015-09-21 Assignments
  • Week 7: Written Poetry 2015-09-25 Assignments, readings
  • Week 8: Time and Motion 2015-10-02 readings
  • Week 9: Videopoetry 2015-10-14 readings
  • Week 10: Review and Assessment 2015-10-26 Assignments
  • Week 11: Generative Poetry 2015-10-26 Assignments
  • Week 12: Constraint Based Writing 2015-11-01 Assignments
  • Week 13: Bots! 2015-11-06 Assignments
  • Week 14: I [game] E-Poetry 2015-11-16 Assignments, readings
  • Week 15: Writing About E-Poetry 2015-11-23 Assignments, readings
  • English 3325: Modern Poetry - The Hipster Edition 2015-11-25 news
  • Week 16: Poetry and Meaning 2015-11-30 Assignments, readings
  • Week 17: Shutdown 2015-12-07 Assignments, readings
  • Final Exam 2015-12-11 Assignments
  • The Poetry Sequence 2017-08-13 news
  • Fall 2017 Startup 2017-08-14 Assignments
  • Week 1: Poetry, Media, Technology 2017-08-16 Assignments
  • Week 2: Poetry as a Technology 2017-08-21 Assignments
  • Week 3: Rhyme, Rhythm, Meter, Cadence 2017-08-28 Assignments
  • Week 4: Articulatory Acrobatics 2017-09-11 Assignments
  • Week 5: Play 2017-10-30 Assignments
  • Week 6: Writing Sound 2017-11-06 Assignments, readings
  • Week 7: Structure and Form 2017-11-13 Assignments
  • Week 8: Closed and Open Form 2017-11-20 Assignments
  • Week 9: The Search for Meaning 2017-11-27 Assignments
  • Week 10: Meaning and Metaphor 2017-12-04 Assignments
  • Week 11: Writing in Time 2017-12-11 Assignments
  • Week 12: Generative Poetry 2017-12-18 Posts
  • Week 13: Reading Electronic Poetry 2018-01-06 Assignments
  • Week 14: Digital Materiality and Media Specific Analysis 2018-01-08 Assignments
  • Week 15: Poetic Contexts 2018-01-15 Assignments
  • Week 16: Poetic Traditions 2018-01-22 Assignments
  • Fall 2017 Final Exam 2018-01-28 Assignments
  • Hello ASU Students! 2019-08-17 Posts
  • Week 1: The Materials of Poetry 2019-08-20 Posts
  • Week 2: The Sounds of Poetry 2019-08-29 Posts
  • New Group Forum 2019-09-03 Assignments
  • Week 3: The Music of Poetry 2019-09-03 Assignments
  • Week 4: Looking at Poems 2019-09-10 Assignments
  • Essay #1: Material Analysis of a Poem 2019-09-17 Assignments
  • Week 5: Poetry Beyond the Page 2019-09-17 Assignments
  • Week 6: Poetry and Meaning 2019-09-24 Assignments
  • Week 7: Poetic Contexts and Traditions 2019-10-01 Assignments
  • Weeks 8 & 9: From Analog to Digital Poetry 2019-10-17 Assignments
  • Week 10: Videopoetry and Kinetic Poetry 2019-10-23 Assignments
  • Week 11: Generative Poetry 2019-10-29 Assignments
  • Week 12: Bots and Multimodality 2019-11-05 Assignments
  • Week 13: Meaningful Interactivity 2019-11-12 Assignments
  • Essay #2: Researched Analysis and Interpretation of an E-Poem 2019-11-14 Assignments
  • Week 14: E-Lit History and Methods 2019-11-19 Assignments
  • Weeks 15 & 16: Past, Present, and Future of Poetry 2019-12-03 Assignments
  • Week 1: The Materials of Poetry 2022-08-22 Posts
  • Weeks 2-3: The Sounds of Poetry 2022-08-29 Posts
  • Weeks 4-5: The Page and Beyond 2022-09-12 Posts
  • Essay #1: Analysis and Interpretation of Sound in a Poem 2022-09-16 Assignments
  • Week 6: Poetry and Meaning 2022-09-26 Posts
  • Weeks 7 & 8: Looking at Poems 2022-10-03 Posts
  • Weeks 9 & 10: Videopoetry 2022-10-19 Posts
  • Essay #2: Analysis and Interpretation of Visual Materiality in a Poem 2022-10-28 Assignments
  • Week 11: Cyborg Poets 2022-10-31 Posts
  • Weeks 12-13: Meaningful Interactivity 2022-11-07 Posts
  • Week 14: Hacking and Preserving Digital Poetry 2022-11-21 Posts
  • Weeks 15-16: History and Politics of E-Poetry 2022-11-28 Posts
  • Essay #3: Analysis and Interpretation of an E-Poem 2022-11-28 Assignments
  • Fall 2022 Shutdown 2022-12-12 Posts

Course Outline

  • Tuesday, August 20 - How to Read a Poem
  • Thursday, August 22 - Poetry as Technology
  • Tuesday, August 27 - Black and Gold Convocation - no classes
  • Thursday, August 29 - The Sounds of Poetry
  • Tuesday, September 3 - The Music of Poetry
  • Thursday, September 5 - Poetry and Music
  • Tuesday, September 10 - Poetic Form and Structure
  • Thursday, September 12 - Poetry as Musical Score
  • Tuesday, September 17 - Visual and Concrete Poetry
  • Thursday, September 19 - Sound Poetry
  • Tuesday, September 24 - Performance Poetry
  • Thursday, September 26 - Poetry and Meaning
  • Tuesday, October 1 - Meaning and Metaphor
  • Thursday, October 3 - Poetic Contexts
  • Tuesday, October 8 - Poetic Traditions, Essay #1 Due
  • Thursday, October 10 - Midterm Exam
  • Tuesday, October 15 - Fall Break - no classes
  • Thursday, October 17 - Videopoetry Pioneers
  • Tuesday, October 22 - Contemporary Videopoetry
  • Thursday, October 24 - Writing in Time-Based Media
  • Tuesday, October 29 - Poetry and Computation
  • Thursday, October 31 - Generative Poetry
  • Tuesday, November 5 - Twitter Bot Poetry
  • Thursday, November 7 - Poetry and Multimodality
  • Tuesday, November 12 - Poetry and Interactivity
  • Thursday, November 14 - Video Game Poems
  • Tuesday, November 19 - Three Generations of E-Literature - online class
  • Thursday, November 21 - Media-Specific Analysis
  • Tuesday, November 26 - Agrippa: A Case Study
  • Thursday, November 28 - Thanksgiving Day - no classes
  • Tuesday, December 3 - The Future of Poetry, Essay #2 due
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