- Discussion of Ezra Pound, Vorticism, Blast, and Modernism.
- Read the rest of "A Retrospect" by Ezra Pound (pgs. 429-433 in our textbook or here)
- Read Gertrude Stein's "From A Transatlantic Interview" in our textbook (pg 987).
- Read the Wikipedia entry on Cubism.
- Read chapter on Gertrude Stein and her poems in our textbook. (Alternatively, read this resource, and the poems it links to.)
- Write a forum post in which you discuss a poem by Stein, focusing on how she manifests the ideas of Modernism or Cubism in her poem. Post before class on Thursday.
In class - class meets via Zoom link in ASULearn
- Briefly state your poem for Essay #1.
- Discussion of Gertrude Stein's poetry, Cubism, and Modernism.
Assignment
- Read chapter on William Butler Yeats and his poems in our textbook.
- Read "Symbolism" in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
- Write a forum post in which you discuss a poem by W.B. Yeats and his use of symbolism. Post in our forum before class on Tuesday.