BASIC PROGRAM of LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS Spring 2017 The Modern Tradition I: Tutorial COURSE INFORMATION COURSE TITLE CODE & SECTION LENGTH OF COURSE Modern Tradition I: Tutorial BASC 62113 Section 17S3 10 WEEKS (March 29‐ May 31) INSTRUCTOR : Lindsay Atnip COURSE SCHEDULE CLASS LOCATION EMAIL: [email protected] DAYS: Wednesday Gleacher Center TIMES: 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive Chicago IL 60611 GRAHAM SCHOOL INFORMATION PHONE: 773.702.1722 WEBSITE: https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu PREREQUISITES Modern Tradition I Winter quarter, or instructor consent. COURSE DESCRIPTION This will be a “Modern Poetry” course in the sense of “The Modern Tradition”—that is, we will focus on (primarily) English lyric poetry from around the time of the Enlightenment—mid 18th century—through the early to mid‐20th century. Students will have the opportunity to give input on which poems they would like to discuss, and to suggest additional poems for the class to read. Any poems selected by the instructor that are not in the Anthology will be distributed in class. RECOMMENDED TEXTS 1. Ferguson et al (eds.), The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter Fifth Edition (Norton, ISBN: 978‐0393979213)* *Students should feel free to use an earlier edition of the Norton Anthology, or to access the poems online or in other collections. THE GRAHAM SCHOOL OF CONTINUING LIBERAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ‐ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY READING SCHEDULE WEEK Author TEXT/READING ASSIGNMENT Week 1 March 29 William Shakespeare John Donne John Milton Sonnets 1, 130 Holy Sonnet 14 “On the Late Massacre in Piedmont”
Week 2 April 5 William Blake Gerard Manley Hopkins “The Little Black Boy,” “Holy Thursday,” “The Sick Rose,” “The Tyger,” “The Garden of Love” “As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame” Week 3 April 12 William Wordsworth Percy Bysshe Shelley “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal,” “Ode: Intimations of Immortality” “Ode to the West Wind,” “Ozymandias” Week 4 April 19 John Keats Alfred Lord Tennyson Thomas Hardy Rainer Maria Rilke Week 5 April 26 Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson Week 6 May 3 T. S. Eliot H.D. William Carlos Williams “The Waste Land” “Sea Violet” “The Red Wheelbarrow” Week 7 May 10 William Butler Yeats “The Second Coming,” “Sailing to Byzantium,” “Among School Children,” “The Circus Animals’ Desertion” Week 8 May 17 Wallace Stevens “The Snow Man,” “The Emperor of Ice Cream,” “Of Mere Being,” “The Idea of Order at Key West” Week 9 May 24 Robinson Jeffers Robert Lowell “Shine, Perishing Republic,” “Hurt Hawks” “The Quaker Graveyard at Nantucket” Week 10 May 31 Lanston Hughes Sylvia Plath “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “Theme for English B,” “Daddy,” “The Colossus” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” “The Kraken” “The Convergence of the Twain” “Archaic Torso of Apollo” [Archaischer Torso Apollos] “Song of Myself” 1, 6, 11, 24, 52 258 (“There’s a certain Slant of Light”); 341 (“After a great pain”) This syllabus is a summary of course objectives and content, not a contract. All information in this syllabus is subject to change, with sufficient advance notice provided by the instructor. CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE As we may be addressing controversial topics in our class discussions, we expect students to be respectful and considerate of others. DISABILITY INFORMATION Student Disability Services (SDS) works to provide resources, support and accommodations for all students with disabilities and works to remove physical and attitudinal barriers, which may prevent their full participation in the University community. Students that would like to request accommodations should contact SDS in advance of the first class meeting at 773.702.6000 or [email protected]. THE GRAHAM SCHOOL OF CONTINUING LIBERAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ‐ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO