Artists Among Poets - Course Outline

Date

Weekly Topics

Weekly Assignments

1

Mon Jan 8

Introduction

1

Thurs Jan 11

Ekphrasis WORD & IMAGE

Selected works

Mon Jan 15

MLK Day

No Class

2

Thurs Jan 18

Symbolism SYMBOLISM

Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé,

William Blake, W.B. Yeats

2

Mon Jan 22

Symbolism SYMBOLISM

Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé,

William Blake, W.B. Yeats

3

Thurs Jan 25

Realism

Dorthea Lange, Lesley Dill

3

Mon Jan 29

Realism

Dorthea Lange, Lesley Dill

4

Thurs Feb 1

Imagism

Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens

4

Mon Feb 5

Imagism

Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens

5

Thurs Feb 9

Cubism CUBISM

Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens

5

Mon Feb 12

Cubism CUBISM

Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens

5

Thurs Feb 16

Sound Poetry

Amiri Baraka, Jack Kerouac, Saul Williams

5

Mon Feb 19

Sound Poetry

Students

5

Thurs Feb 23

Surrealism SURREALISM, DADAISM

Max Ernst, de Chiricio, Paul Eluard, André Breton

Thurs Feb 15

Cubism CUBISM

Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens

7

Mon Feb 26

Surrealism SURREALISM, DADAISM

Max Ernst, de Chiricio, Paul Eluard, André Breton

8

Thurs Mar 1

Narrative

Mon Mar 5

SPRING BREAK

Thurs Mar 8

SPRING BREAK

8

Mon Mar 12

Narrative

9

Thurs Mar 15

Collage/Found Poetry

9

Mon Mar 19

Collage/Found Poetry

10

Thurs Mar 22

Concrete Poetry

10

Mon Mar 26

Concrete Poetry

11

Thurs Mar 29

Visual Poetry

11

Mon Apr 2

Visual Poetry

12

Thurs Apr 5

Video Poetry

12

Mon Apr 9

Individual Conferences

13

Thurs Apr 12

Project Week

13

Mon Apr 16

Project Week

14

Thurs Apr 19

Project Week

14

Mon Apr 23

Project Week

15

Thurs Apr 26

Presentation Week

Blog pages, + Reflection

Poetry object due

Blog pages due + Reflection

15

Mon, Apr 30

Presentation Week

Blog pages, + Reflection

Poetry object due

Blog pages due + Reflection