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Lecturer(s)
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Kleprlík Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The course focuses on significant poetic achievements in the field of modern American poetry from the end of the 19th century to the present. Through reading and interpreting poetic texts, students will learn about various poetic approaches as well as the pluralistic character of American culture, society, and landscape. In addition to established poets such as W. Whitman, E. Dickinson, E. Pound, e. e. cummings, V. Lindsay, T. S. Eliot, W. C. Williams, W. Stevens, R. Frost, L. Hughes, A. Ginsberg, S. Plath,,R. Erlington, H. D., M. Moore, G. Kinell, R. Creeley, G. Davenport, Ch. Olson, R. Duncan, D. Levertov, Ch. Reznikoff, L. Zukovsky, J. Ashberry, K. Rexroth the course will also include important achievements in the field of concrete poetry (E. Williams, A. Saroyan, B. Porter, J. Mac Low) and song lyrics (W. Guthrie, L. Cohen, B. Dylan, J. Mitchell, J. Baez, N. Diamond, W. Zevon).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Independent critical reading
- 50 hours per semester
- Contact teaching
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for a credit (assessment)
- 45 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on significant poetic achievements in the field of modern American poetry from the end of the 19th century to the present. Through reading and interpreting poetic texts, students will learn about various poetic approaches as well as the pluralistic character of American culture, society, and landscape. In addition to established poets such as W. Whitman, E. Dickinson, E. Pound, e. e. cummings, V. Lindsay, T. S. Eliot, W. C. Williams, W. Stevens, R. Frost, L. Hughes, A. Ginsberg, S. Plath,,R. Erlington, H. D., M. Moore, G. Kinell, R. Creeley, G. Davenport, Ch. Olson, R. Duncan, D. Levertov, Ch. Reznikoff, L. Zukovsky, J. Ashberry, K. Rexroth the course will also include important achievements in the field of concrete poetry (E. Williams, A. Saroyan, B. Porter, J. Mac Low) and song lyrics (W. Guthrie, L. Cohen, B. Dylan, J. Mitchell, J. Baez, N. Diamond, W. Zevon).
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance assessment, Discussion
1. Careful reading of assigned texts. 2. Exposition and defence of own interpretation. 3. Final colloquium
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Recommended literature
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Bean, Victorie; Mccabe, Chris (ed.). The New Concrete: Visual poetry in the 21st century. 2015.
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Bruns, Gerald L. Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language: A Critical and Historical Study. 1974.
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Cobbinng, Bob; Mayer, Peter (ed.). Concerning Concrete Poetry. 2014.
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Eliot, T. S. On Poetry and Poets. 1957.
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Guziur, Jakub. Mýtus Boba Dylana: postkulturní esej. 2014.
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Heidegger, Martin. Básnicky bydlí člověk (přel. I. Chvatík). 1996.
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Jařab, Josef. American Poetry and Poets of Four Centuries. 1986.
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Jařab, Josef. Dítě na skleníku: výbor ze současné americké poezie. 1989.
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Olson, Charles. Projective Verse?, Poetry New York, no. 3. 1950.
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Pound, Ezra. The ABC of Reading. 1960.
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Saroyan, Aram. Complete Minimal Poems. 2015.
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Steiner, George. Real Presences. 1991.
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Steiner, George. The Poetry of Thought. 2014.
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Stevens, Wallace. The Necessary Angel: Essays on the Reality and the Imagination. 1951.
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Williams, Emmett (ed.). An Anthology of Concrete Poetry. 1967.
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