The
2001-2002 Sawyer Seminar at the University of Chicago
THE CIRCULATION OF POETRY
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RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY LITERACY:
THE CIRCULATION OF POETRY |
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WORKSHOPSA graduate workshop on Poetry and Poetics is underway, which includes graduate students from throughout the University, as well as scholars from neighboring institutions. The workshops will meet bi-weekly, and there will be four meetings each quarter. Each meeting will be oriented around either a published text or a work in progress, submitted by a workshop member or invited guest. All materials will be circulated in advance of the workshops.CONFERENCESThe seminar will hold at least one conference each quarter, which will consolidate discussions of particular themes. For the conferences, as well as for all events, participants are strongly encouraged to read the papers in advance. Presenters' papers will be available at the Franke Institute and electronically.GRADUATE SEMINAR "POETRY AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS" English 69600
This unusually structured graduate student seminar will focus on the circulation of poetry in several contemporary societies. This course will begin meeting on a weekly basis, and the schedule of meetings will then be less regular; work for the course will be spread over all three quarters, although students will be asked to complete the equivalent of work for a one-quarter seminar. This graduate seminar is the curricular focus of the Sawyer Seminar, and class meetings will be coordinated with the events sponsored by the Sawyer Seminar. T. S. Eliot claimed, following Dante and Mallarme, that poets purify the dialect of the tribe. What evidence is there that poets now influence speech or thought in language communities? The seminar will begin with readings in the philosophy of language (Freud, Wittgenstein, Derrida, et al) and in sociolinguistics (Whorf, Sapir, et al). We will then discuss contemporary accounts of language by poets and examine particular poetic texts that seem to function in terms discussed by sociolinguists. After a few weeks of laying theoretical groundwork for discussing the circulation of poetry, we will begin to study particular poetries, starting with contemporary American poetry, in tandem with the Sawyer Seminar. Students will give one or two oral reports on the readings and present one research paper to the seminar. The research paper may be on the reception or circulation of any poet or poets, whether discussed in the seminar or not. Students are not required to demonstrate competence in any language other than English. AUTUMN 2001THE POETRY & POETICS WORKSHOPMondays, 6-8 pm October 1, 15, & 29 November 12 & 26 The Franke Institute
WINTER 2002THE POETRY & POETICS WORKSHOPMondays, 6-8 pm January 7, 21 February 4, 18 March 4 The Franke Institute
SPRING 2002THE POETRY & POETICS WORKSHOPMondays, 6:00-8:00 pm April 1, 22 May 1, 20 The Franke Institute
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For further information or copies of papers, send an email to: sawyer-seminar@uchicago.edu |