ENGL 363 - Contemporary Poetry

Upper Division

This course examines a variety of different trends in contemporary poetry and enables students to distinguish between some of the most important voices. The course is likely to explore the relations between contemporary poets and some of their precursors with an eye toward how these writers have affected such post-World War II movements as the confessional school, the beats, open field, the New York School, the Black Arts Movement, and the Language poets. It also considers the poetry of the present day in which there is less of a consensus as to which poets, trends or schools are central.

Course credits: 3