TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) acquire full theoretical and critical knowledge on contemporary American poetry and post-1970s poetical movements. 2) critically analyze and discuss contemporary American poetry with its multiple trends, issues, and movements. 3) become fully familiar with the social, cultural, political, intellectual, historical, and literary context of contemporary American poetry. 4) are able to conduct further academic research on contemporary American poetry as well as on individual poets themselves from multiple perspectives.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course presents a survey of major movements and key figures of American poetry from the 1960s to the present. It explores the transition from modernism to postmodernism, highlights the new critical paradigms that emerged in this period, and offers a comprehensive introduction to the poetry of the 21st century through the study of a wide range of representative poems and selected critical and theoretical works.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week General Introduction: America from the 1970s to the present; new trends and multi-lateral issues in contemporary American poetry 2nd Week The self and nature; visionary poetry; ecopoetry: Charles Wright, Mary Oliver; Robert Hass 3rd Week (Continued) 4th Week Black decolonialism, black issues and the contemporary black self: Audre Lorde; Lucille Clifton; Michael S. Harper 5th Week (Continued) 6th Week Charles Simic?s poetry of menace, irreverence, and repressive conformity; Fanny Howe?s poetry of introspection, spirituality and meditation 7th Week Midterm Examination I 8th Week Poetry of the self and social coherence: Robert Pinsky; Poetical postmodernism: Jorie Graham 9th Week Native American voices in poetry: Simon J. Ortiz; Joy Harjo; Louise Erdrich 10th Week Humour and Lyricism: Billy Collins; Kay Ryan 11th Week Poetry of the Body: Sharon Olds; 12th Week Displacement, alienation, and raciality: Rita Dove 13th Week Multiculturalism: Alberto Rios; Lorna Dee Cervantes; Cathy Song; Li-Young Lee 14th Week (Continued). Wrap-up 15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Levine, Robert S., et al., editors. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 9th edition, Norton, 2017. DiYanni, Robert. Modern American Poets: Their Voices and Visions. Random House, 1987. Ingersoll, Earl G. The Post-Confessionals: Conversations with American Poets of the Eighties. Associated UPs, 1989. Lorde, Audre. From A Land Where Other People Live. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973. Bryson, J. Scott. Ecopoetry : A Critical Introduction. U of Utah P, 2002. Levy, Walter. Green Perspectives: Thinking and Writing about Nature and the Environment. Harper Collins College Publishers, 1994. Milne, Heather. Poetry Matters: Neoliberalism, Affect, and the Posthuman in Twenty-First Century North American Feminist Poetics. U of Iowa P, 2018.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Quiz 3 15 Presentation of Article 1 15 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 3 2 6 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Article Presentation 1 6 6 Total Workload 120 Total Workload / 30 4 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No