Monday, January 30
- In class:
- Robert Creeley’s poetry, "I Know a Man," "For Love"
- Gary Snyder’s poetry, "Riprap," "Endless Streams and Mountains"
- Allen Ginsberg’s poetry, "A Supermarket in California"
- Homework:
- Readings:
- "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg
- "The Cut Up Method" by William Burroughs
- "Cut-Up Poems from Minutes to Go" by William Burroughs
- Read Jack Kerouac's bio and at least 2 poems.
- Writing:
- Write a 1-page analysis of "Howl" in which you discuss the poetics of the Beat movement and how it applies to the poem.
- Readings:
Wednesday, February 1
- In class:
- "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg (YouTube)
- "The Cut Up Method" by William Burroughs
- "Cut-Up Poems from Minutes to Go" by William Burroughs
- Jack Kerouac's poetry.
- Women of the Beat Generation
- Deep Image poetry and Robert Bly, "The Great Society"
- Homework:
- Readings:
- "Confessional Poetry" in Princeton Encyclopedia
- Robert Lowell's poems
- Anne Sexton's poems
- Watch Anne Sexton USA Poetry documentary.
- Writing:
- Analyze a poem by Robert Lowell and one by Anne Sexton and discuss them in the context of the poetics of Confessional Poetry.
- Post before class on Monday.
- Readings: