Contemporary Lit. Schedule

Mar. 24-26
M Formal verse discussion. Elizabeth Bishop's Sestina and her villanelle: One Art, as well as Dylan Thomas's Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night.  (NOTE: Both links to the villanelles can be found off to the left of the description of the villanelle on the link above.)  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-term/sonnet:

W    “  “  “ continued.

(For Reference) Formal Poems:   Wilfred Owen. John Ashbery, James Cummins, Elizabeth Bishop, (see above) Marianne Moore, Robert Hayden

You can elect to write either a sonnet, villanelle or sestina for your formal verse assignment. That poem, in addition to a short note detailing your process will be due one week from today. 

Reading Homework:  Read:  Everyday Use by Alice Walker. Cathedral by Raymond Carver. (Walker and Carver to be discussed on Monday)

FRIDAY: Screening of Angels in America (Canzani) AND from 5-8  the Botticelli rebranding event in the Canzani atrium. 

Mar 31-April 2

M  Discussion Carver & Walker

W10/08  
Formal Poems  & process notes due at the beginning of class.
HOMEWORK:  Reading

April 7-9

M  Discussion

Homework: 

W Discussion  Formal poems due today.

April 14-16

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April

M NY School Readings. 

H 10/25  Discussion

Homework: Charles Bukowski readings

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/charles-bukowski

At your leisure:

http://bukowski.net/poems/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsc3ItAKSLc


Apr 21-23 
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Apr 28-30
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May 7-9