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Green Poetry is an umbrella term for what is otherwise called nature poetry, ecopoetry, tropological poetry, anthropocenic poetry, or geopoetry. It refers to poetry that examines our relationship to and our place in nature. In the epoch of the Anthropocene, Green Poetry often takes a political stance by probing the boundaries e.g. between nature and culture, humans and animals, the animate and inanimate new, by reexamining human agency, and by seeking out responsible ways of being in and with the world. Students will be introduced to texts by contemporary American and Canadian poets and to concepts such as bioregionalism, place-making, anthropocentrism, anthropomorphism as well as deep time and deep ecology. All texts will be made available on wordwise.
This seminar will mostly take place as a compact course on campus, in person, on January 9th 2021 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.. We will have an introductory meeting at the beginning of the term on Zoom on November 5th 2020 to discuss the objectives and organizational matters of the seminar and to distribute tasks. We will then meet again on Zoom on December 17th to discuss some foundational theoretical texts for the understanding of Green Poetry. On January 9th, we will discuss a body of poems as well as an array of poetological texts that students will prepare beforehand. The course concludes with a written term paper. If needed, there will be another Zoom meeting at the end of the term on February 11th to discuss term paper topics. |
