Beginning with movements and debates that shaped the modernist period, this course will introduce students to genres, forms, and themes that have inspired twentieth and twenty- first century poetry in English Canada. From imagist experimentation and lyric elegies to long poems, from concrete poetry to spoken word poems and, more recently, digital poetry, we will examine the role of poetry today in diverse social, cultural, and aesthetic contexts.
Beginning with movements and debates that shaped the modernist period, this course will introduce students to genres, forms, and themes that have inspired twentieth and twenty- first century poetry in English Canada. From imagist experimentation and lyric elegies to long poems, from concrete poetry to spoken word poems and, more recently, digital poetry, we will examine the role of poetry today in diverse social, cultural, and aesthetic contexts.
