ENGL 363 Modern American Poetry

3 Credit(s)

American poetry from the beginning of the century to the end of World War II, focusing on the major works of Frost, Pound, Eliot, Williams, Stevens. Primary attention to the poems as formal works of art; secondary attention to historical, philosophical, and aesthetic contexts (e.g.: World War I, Einstein”s relativity and existentialism, Kandinsky and abstract art). Close analysis of particular poems as successful works in their own right and as exemplars of a particular writer”s thematic and stylistic concerns.

Distribution Area: The Arts

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 200 or 201 or 202