ENGH 353: Twentieth-Century Poetry

ENGH 353-001: Twentieth-Century Poetry
(Fall 2026)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR

David J. King Hall 2053

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ENGH 353 - 001: Twentieth-Century Poetry

What is poetry today? To answer that question we need to understand its formal, social, and political development in the twentieth-century, a period in which the field underwent drastic formal innovations, institutional re-definitions, and political revolutions. Throughout the century, poetry underwent several processes of experimentation and innovation including modernism, feminism, postcolonialism, and postmodernism to create new modes of language, medium, aesthetics, and identity. This survey course introduces students to a wide range of poets (canonical and non-canonical), major movements, and multiple ways of reading and engaging with poetry. 

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Credits: 3

Introduces students to significant poets and movements in English-language poetry in the twentieth century. Develops skills in reading and writing about poetry. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
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This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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