LLST
3025

RFW Poetry

Eugene Lang College Lib Arts: Literary Studies

Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
RFW: Poetry Form(s) & Formless
Fall 2024
Taught By: Wendy Xu
Section: A

CRN: 8764

Credits: 4

Seeking greater aesthetic, emotional, and political freedom, poets often innovate the relationship between the poem and the page. What is gained when the poetic text moves in other dimensions? What does it mean to perform our many selves in the act of writing? What can we understand about the word through the scene or the stage? This Reading for Writers seminar will look at texts that enable us to think about the modes in which our writing can sound. While our focus will be on close-reading, analyzing, and writing “poetry” as such, we will also look at creative examples of cinema, drama, and contemporary digital artwork to explore this expanded sense of the poetic text. During the semester, students will be required to attend a few poetry performances and complete a final performance project of some kind, in consultation with the instructor. Texts will include: Amiri Baraka, Alvin Lucier, Bertolt Brecht, Gertrude Stein, Charles Reznikoff, Kamau Brathwaithe, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ntozake Shange, Langston Hughes, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Fred Moten, Tytti Heikkinen, John Wieners, Wanda Coleman, and more.

After the first week of the semester, permission of the instructor will be required in order to register for this course.

College: Eugene Lang College Lib Arts (LC)

Department: Literary Studies (LIT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 5:24am EDT 3/19/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday, Thursday
Times: 2:00pm - 3:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 8/26/2024 - 12/9/2024