Monday, January 15

• In class:
  • White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares
  • "A Shifting Electronic Text: Close Reading "White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares"
  • Research tools:
    • CELL Project
    • ELMCIP Knowledge Base
    • I Love E-Poetry author tags
    • Electronic Literature Directory
    • Google Scholar
• Assignment
  • Essay #2 is due on Wednesday, January 17
    • Turn in a digital copy of your essay in this shared folder (UPR login required).
    • Turn in a printed copy in class or leave it in the English Department.

Wednesday, January 17

• In class
  • Lecture on poetic traditions as context.
  • Divide class into groups:
    1. Renaissance and Restoration English poetry
    2. Romanticism (English and American)
    3. Victorian Poetry
    4. Modernism
    5. Confessional and Postconfessional Poetry
    6. Uncreative Writing and Flarf

Friday, January 19

• In class
  • Group work on assigned poetic traditions
• Assignment
  • Use one of the Google Slides available in this shared folder (UPR login required) for your presentation.
  • Be prepared to offer 10 minute group presentations
  • Presentations should cover:
    • an overview of the poetic movement
    • an explanation of its poetics
    • some of its major poets
    • a poem that exemplifies the movement
  • Schedule:
    • Monday, January 22: Groups 1-3
    • Wednesday, January 24: Groups 4-6