I’m working on a senior “capstone” seminar for the spring quarter on Arthur Rimbaud and his influence on various art forms (mostly poetry), both in English-language and other cultures in or near North America. This is what I’ve come up with so far. Any suggestions would be helpful, especially concerning Caribbean, Mexican or Chicano writing (only work thats been translated so I can follow along). Critical essays would be helpful. The title is inspired by Charles Bernstein’s essay “The Poetics of the Americas,” which we will read in class. This is just a sketch! The last two sessions (we have 10-week quarters) will be given over to student presentations. I’m hoping that Spanish and French majors can take the class (not sure if our capstone seminars are restricted to English majors, but many of our English majors are native Spanish speakers). Readers of Spanish and French will be encouraged to discuss the works in their original languages. I originally conceived this as a class for graduate students but, wtf, we have smart undergraduates and I bet they’ll like it. I wont get to teach a graduate-level course until next year and Im impatient. Purely for your interest... “Rimbaud and the Poetics of the Americas” Week 1: Introduction Charles Bernstein, “Poetics of the Americas” (send out beforehand) Gilles Deleuze, “What is a Minor LIterature?” (send out beforehand) Kamau Brathwaite, History of the Voice (send out beforehand) Introduction to Surrealism — lecture Review in class essays by Badiou, Rexroth, Benjamin, Adorno, etc. concerning Rimbaud. Week 2: Arthur Rimbaud: Poetry and Letters Review of Rimbaud’s life and works, broken down into conceptual “faces” of Rimbaud -- the classicist, the abject, the revolutionary, the aesthete, etc. Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition by Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud (Author), Wallace Fowlie (Translator) Week 3: United States I — Revolt, Abjection and the Beats Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs Poems by Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Bob Kaufman, etc. Week 4: United States II — The Poetics of Indeterminacy Marjorie Perloff, “Poetics of Indeterminacy” (chapters on Rimbaud, Ashbery, etc.) Selected poems of Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery (perhaps a full book), Jack Spicer, Bernadette Mayer, John Cage, etc. Poetry and essays by selected Language poets Week 5: Poetics of the Americas I — Spanish Tres, by Roberto Bolano (probably just bits online) Empire of Dreams (translation), by Giannina Braschi (Author), Tess ODwyer (Translator) OR (if student reads Spanish)... El imperio de los sueños, by Giannina Braschi Other poets who have been directly influenced by Rimbaud (Nicanor Parra, early Octavio Paz, etc.). The influence of Symbolism on Latin American poetry -- lecture. Week 6: Poetics of the Americas II — French (Caribbean and Canadian) Introduction to the Negritude Andre Breton in Haiti Selected critical writing by Edouard Glissant and Rene Depestre Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, by Aime Cesaire (Author), Clayton Eshleman (Translator) Selections from French Canadian poetry by Emile Nelligan, Serge Gavreau and others Week 7: Music, Punk and the Visual Arts In Memoriam to Identity, by Kathy Acker The Dream Police: Selected Poems, 1969-1993, Dennis Cooper 7 Miles A Second, David Wojnarowicz (as well as his Rimbaud In New York 1978-79 that partly appeared in Little Caesar). Music by Edgard Varese (Cage’s writing on Varese), Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen and Iggy Pop. Week 8: Revolutionary Politics The Emergence of Social Space: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune, Kristin Ross Basic writings of the Situationist Internationale Something about Tiqqun and Commune Editions Week 9 & 10: Student Presentations
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