Carleton University Fall 2010 Department of English

ENGL 3801A – Prerequisite: ENGL 2802.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16:05 – 17:25 Please confirm location on Carleton Central

Instructor: Collett Tracey Phone: (613) 520-2600 (2328) (o) Email: [email protected] Office: 1910 Dunton Tower

In order to fully appreciate the advances that have been made in Canadian poetry over the past century or more, it is essential to consider our beginnings – the historical and political contexts out of which poetry grew and developed. This seminar will provide an overview of Canadian poetry divided into four separate periods: We will begin by considering the work of the Confederation poets, Archibald Lampman, Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, and . Next; we will look at the poetry of the early Modern poets, Frank Scott, A.J.M. Smith, A.M. Klein, followed by the later Moderns, , , Raymond Souster. Finally we will consider some of the poetry of the post-modern period, beginning with Bronwen Wallace, Leonard Cohen, and among others.

Required Texts: Available in class

Course Requirements: Class Attendance & participation, 10% Seminar, 30% One Paper, 8-10 pages in length, 60% due last day of term

Methodology: Given the breadth of information to be covered and the time constraints we are forced to adhere to, it is impossible to do anything more than sample one or two poems by some of our most important Canadian poets. As a result, I hope students see the course content as merely a series of appetizers that are meant to stimulate a desire to read more...

Note on seminars: Seminars should be no more than one hour in length. During a presentation, students should provide the most essential background information on the poet in question and point out his or her most important poems. Finally, those who are presenting are responsible for leading the class in a reading and discussion or analysis of at least one poem.

Course Schedule:

September Thursday, 9th Introduction

Tuesday, 14th Introduction to the Confederation Poets: Roberts, Lampman, Scott Thursday, 16th Charles G.D. Roberts

Tuesday, 21st Duncan Campbell Scott Thursday, 23rd Archibald Lampman

Tuesday, 28th Introduction to the Moderns: Scott, Smith, Kennedy, Klein, Page, Livesay Thursday, 30th Scott October Tuesday, 5th Klein Thursday, 7th Page

Tuesday, 12th Livesay Thursday, 14th Purdy

Tuesday, 19th Birney Thursday 21st Introduction to the Middle Moderns: Layton, Dudek, Souster

Tuesday, 26th Souster Thursday, 28th Dudek November Tuesday, 2nd Layton Thursday, 4th Introduction to the Late Moderns: Ondaatje, Atwood, Wallace, Cohen

Tuesday, 9th Webb Thursday, 11th Atwood

Tuesday 16th Kroetsch Thursday, 18th Wallace

Tuesday, 23rd Ondaatje Thursday, 25th Cohen

Tuesday, 30th Modernism/Post-Modernism: Discussion December Thursday, 2nd Review & Discussion Paper Due 2