Contemporary+Indian+Poetry

Poetry from the Indian Subcontinent

Now that you’ve had an introduction to poems by various poets of Indian, Pakistani, and Bengali origin, it’s time to find out more. For your chosen poet, you will
 * read biographical material
 * choose a poem, type it up, and interpret it
 * present your poem members of your group (seminar)
 * write an explication
 * create an annotated bibliographic entry for 1-2 sources
 * write your own poem

Timeline (F period) Mon, Wed April 9, 11 Research, interpretation, work on explication Thurs, Apr 12 Seminar, assemble annotated bibliography Mon, Apr 16 Turn in explication, log, and group’s bibliography

//“Poetry must resist the intelligence almost successfully.”-- Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955//

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