ENGL 25012 - Reading for Writers: Poetry & Performanc

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Reading for Writers: Poetry & Performance This course will introduce students to the craft of performance poetry through careful and strategic engagement with the form’s long history. From chançons to rap battles, epic poetry to modernist experimentations, we will evaluate how poets use language to craft a relationship to their audience, enlivened in performances such as those we will observe during the semester. Along the way, students will have the opportunity to practice their own poetry performance through reinterpretations of others’ work, performances of their own work, and a final project which blends creative production and critical analysis. [AH]