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English 317 - Fall 2004 |
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Some of the most “edgy” books ever published were written by Americans between the two world wars. This course will give students the opportunity to explore the American Avant-Garde (1915-1945), by reading the work of a small group of innovative writers who sometimes playfully peer over the edges of literature and other times crash violently into its boundaries--conventions and habits having to do with form, genre, language, and subjects. Over the course of the semester, we will read, think, discuss, and write our ways towards the edges explored by such writers as Gertrude Stein, Mina Loy, Louis Zukofsky, and William Carlos Williams. Because so many modernist writers wanted to renew or even revolutionize the relationship between “word” and “world,” I will encourage students to extend the limits of their own writing practices in emulation of the innovative writers studied. Along with the normal pattern of reading and class discussion, you will keep a reader’s “blog” and complete a research project that you propose. We will aim for a discussion-centered class. Contact Prof. Sherwood (sherwood @iup.edu) with questions; books and syllabus will be posted in advance on the website www.chss.iup.edu/sherwood. |
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