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American Poetic Traditions

Instructor:
Julia Johnson
355
Credits:
3.0
001
Building:
Funkhouser Building
Room:
Rm.208
Semester:
Spring 2025
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
American Poetic Traditions
Requisites:

Prereq: Completion of UK Core Composition and Communication I-II requirement or equivalent.

Class Type:
DIS
1:00 pm
1:50 pm
Days:
MWF

A course investigating contrasting traditions of American poetry from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Several poets are examined within historical and literary contexts, and their poems examined in detail through close reading, with attention paid in particular to stylistic/formal characteristics. Poets studied may include Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and others. Open to students from any major. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.

A course investigating contrasting traditions of American poetry from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Several poets are examined within historical and literary contexts, and their poems examined in detail through close reading, with attention paid in particular to stylistic/formal characteristics. Poets studied may include Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and others. Open to students from any major. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.

ENG