Week One
M Intro.
W Close
reading The Road Not Taken Robert Frost
Week Two
Labor Day
W More Frost Discussion:
Design,
Week Three
M (I will be there and will introduce the poems) William Carlos Williams: This is Just to
Say, The Red Wheelbarrow.
W Video: Robert Frost (Emily Ruff is in charge of this)
Homework: Be “quiz ready” to discuss all of these on the Wednesday
of my return. Read bio. and the following poems (Asphodel, Landscape with
the Fall of Icarus, and Spring and All) on this
site. Also, to the left
margin, there is a string of essays discussing the poet and the period. Look to
those for some ways to discuss and write about these issues. Imagism plays a
part in Williams' treatment of subjects. Come to class ready to discuss what it
is and its role in Williams’ work.
Week Four:
M William Carlos Williams video
Read also, the following
poems:
The Wasteland and Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. They will
likely feel a bit difficult, we'll discuss them in class, of course, but I will
want you to read them first.
W Readings discussed.
Homework: Your first assignment will involve an imitation
piece or series from the works we’ve read. (500 word minimum). The work can be
in a variety of forms (essay, poetry, formal, etc.) as long as it meets the
word count. One way to tackle this might be to write a poem by the light
of one of these pieces and then to write a short letter or essay piece that
describes your process: how you worked from the imitation and how you worked
away from or against it. It will be due a week from today (09/20)
Read Wallace
Stevens, bio. and all poems. He might be very
helpful for your imitations so read him early.
Week Five
M DiscussionWallace Stevens.
W 09/26 Discussion and turn
in of your Modernist pieces.
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