LITR292

This course focuses on the evolution of American Poetry. We will discuss how American poets converse with and within the poetic traditions and schools developed in the United States. The course illuminates the role poetry plays in our culture and how it relates to our own lives in powerful and transformative ways. The course will often work in tandem with the Readings at Ramapo Visiting Writers Series and works of visiting writers will often be covered in this course.This course will rotate its focus, allowing each semester to choose a theme or time period, allowing students to explore different aspects of poetry in new contexts , in different historical or thematic settings.