EEENNNGGGLLLIIISSSHHH 222111333IIInnntttrrroooddduuuccctttiiiooonnn tttooo PPPoooeeetttrrryyy::: AAAmmmeeerrriiicccaaannn PPPoooeeetttrrryyyProf. Laura LeibmanOffice: Library 392 Office Hours: Tu12-1, W 11-12Phone: x7329 Email: [email protected] 2005 T/R 10:30-11:50 Library 203http://academic.reed.edu/english/courses/Eng213/Email: [email protected] at Left: Bearden, Romare. “Out Chorus.” 1979-80. A GraphicOdyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker.[http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/archive/bearden/bearden.html] (11 January2005).REQUIRED BOOKS:Norton Introduction to Poetry, ed. J. Paul Hunter 8th edition with CDThe Venus Hottentot, by Elizabeth Alexander,ASSIGNMENTS: In addition to a take-home final exam, there are six1-page papers due approximately every other week.Since these papers are intended to enhance class discussion as well as to hone your writing and analysisskills, you will be asked to turn in the papers on the readings for specific days and to post them to the classvia email at [email protected]. Please see below for when your papers are due. You will beassigned to a Group the first day of class.Four of the six short papers should consist of a close reading of one of the “In Depth Poems” for the day.This close reading should pay careful attention to the aspect of the poem covered in the article or Norton(For example, during the week on tone, you should discuss tone, etc.) We will be discussing writing tipsindividually as well in-class, but you should read the “Writing About Poetry” (Norton A3-A15, A26-A46).Please skip the section entitled ”Critical Approaches” (A16-25), as this will be covered in Junior Seminar.You may find it helpful, however, to return to this section when you take that class.Two of the six short papers should be a “Critical Article Synopsis.” These are on days that are indicated“Critical Article Synopsis.” This review MUST include both a short paragraph summarizing the argument ofthe article and a long paragraph discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the argument. This is a crucialskill to learn in this course and you must complete this assignment. For examples of Synopses and moredetailed instructions, please see the class webpage.All Papers (excluding the first which you should bring to class on the 1/27) are Due AT LEAST 36hours before dates given below (e.g. If you have been assigned to cover the readings for class onThursday 9/18 your paper is due 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 9/16; If you have been assigned to Tues. 9/16 yourpaper is due Sunday 9/14 at 10:30 p.m., etc.). All papers must be distributed to the class via [email protected]. Do NOT send the paper as an enclosure, but paste it into the body of the email.Late papers will not be accepted. Other members of class should read at least two of the discussion papersbefore class begins. Please note: the following dates are not due dates, but the date your paper will bediscussed in class and the readings it will cover:Group One: 1/27, 2/1, 2/15, 3/1, 3/22 (Critical Article Synopsis), 4/19 (Critical Article Synopsis).Group Two: 1/27, 2/3, 2/17 (Critical Article Synopsis), 3/3 (Critical Article Synopsis), 3/24, 4/21Group Three: 1/27, 2/8, 2/24 (Critical Article Synopsis), 3/8 (Critical Article Synopsis), 4/12, 4/26Group Four: 1/27, 2/10 (Critical Article Synopsis), 2/22, 3/10 (Critical Article), 4/14 (Critical Article), 4/28Please note that group four has a choice of which two of the three days they want to do a Critical Synopsis.ENGLISH 213, Spring 2005 2WEEKDATEREADINGSONET 1/25What is an American Poem?Sign up for Groups. Your Group # is_______________Workshop: What is a Poem? What is an American Poem?R 1/27Poetry: Reading, Writing, & Responding (Norton 1-25)In Depth Poems: Anne Bradstreet, “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (Norton16); Aphra Behn, “On Her Loving Two Equally” (Norton 19)TWOT 2/1Understanding the Text: Tone (Norton 26-58)In Depth Poems: Maxine Kumin, “Woodchucks” (Norton 34 & CD)Li-Young Lee, “Persimmons” (Norton 42 & CD)R 2/3Tone, ContinuedSimon Ortiz, “Song/Poetry and Language—Expression and Perception”(Speak to Me Words, ed. Dean Rader and Janice Gould, 235-46. ReservePS153.I52 S64 2003 and folders) OR Video American Passages 1: NativeVoices (IMC Reserve)In Depth Poems: Simon Ortiz, “My Father’s Song” (Norton 42)Luci Tapahonso, “Starlore” (Handout)THREET 2/8Understanding the Text: Speaker (Norton 59-84)In Depth Poem: Pat Mora, “La Migra” (Norton 80); Gloria Anzaldúa, “ElSonavabitche” (Handout)R 2/10Speaker, Cont.Adena Rosmarin, “The Dramatic Monologues and the Problem of Genre,”“Madness, Melodrama, and the Monologue,” & “Complicating the Rhetoric ofLyricism: Wordsworth, Pound, and the Mask Lyric” (The Power of Genre, 52-59, 102-108.109-122; Reserve PN45.5 .R67 1985 and folder)In Depth Poem: Elizabeth Alexander, “The Venus Hottentot” (The VenusHottentot, 3-7)**Critical Article Synopsis Due**FOURT 2/15Understanding the Text: Situation & Setting (Norton 85-122)“Aubade,” Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry & Poetics (Handout)In Depth Poems: Sylvia Plath, “Morning Song” (Norton 108); Marilyn Chin,“Aubade” (Handout)R 2/17Situation & Setting, Cont.Lesley Wheeler, “Introduction” and “Emily Dickinson’s Fairer Houses” (ThePoetics of Enclosure, 1-40; Reserve Folders or PS147 .W47 2002)In Depth Poems: Emily Dickinson, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”;(Norton 477 & CD); “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died” (Handout); “Safe in theirAlabaster Chambers” (Norton 452)**Critical Article Synopsis Due**FIVET 2/22Understanding the Text: Language (Norton 123-146)In Depth Poems: Rita Dove, “Parsley,” (Norton 136-138)R 2/24Language, Cont.Jonathan Arac, "Whitman, and the Problem of the Vernacular" (BreakingBounds, eds. Erkkila and Grossman, 44- 61. Reserve PS3238 .B74 1996)In Depth Poems: Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed”(Norton 540) “I celebrate myself, and sing myself” (Norton 83)**Critical Article Synopsis Due**SIXT 3/1Picturing & Metaphor and Simile (Norton 147-173)In Depth Poems: Cathy Song, “Girl Powdering Her Neck”(Handout)William Carlos Williams, “Queen-Anne’s-Lace” (Handout)Yi Gon-Ch’ang, “The Moonlit Pond” (Handout)“Haiku” (Norton 347-48)ENGLISH 213, Spring 2005 3R 3/3Metaphors, Cont.Wayne Booth, “Metaphor as Rhetoric” (On Metaphor, ed. Sheldon Sacks,