English
619:003 / Spring 2005 / Susan Tichy / George Mason
University
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Week 1: Jan 25: Introduction & an Exquisite Corpse
book form Week 2: Feb 1: The Material Poem: Cut-Up & Collage Gaps, quotes, collaborations, a few Moderns & a few contemporaries. Workshop your poems, begin a pulled-text round-robin, make a folded book. Week 3: Feb 8: Poem Material: Cancelled Text Tom Phillips, Ronald Johnson, Allison Cobb. Visit by some of last year's CVC students & their work. Peter Streckfus, Joan Retallack, Susan Tichy. Workshop your poems, make a simple book. Week 5: Feb 22: It's a Poem, It's a Page, It's a Book Keith Smith, Joan Retallack. Possible class visit by book artist Brad Freeman. Week 6: March 1: It's a Book & You Have to Drive It Keith Smith, Lisa Jarnot, Johanna Drucker. Workshop your books & their itineraries. Week 7: March 8: 2500 Years of Visual Poems in One Week Fire, Water & Alphabets, The Sacred & the Silly, a few Ancients & a few contemporaries. Workshop your poems & books, make an Inner Text Emblem book. Spring Break: No Class on March 15 Week 8: March 22: It's So Dense It's Concrete Eugen Gomringer, Augusto del Campo, Ian Hamilton Finlay Week 9: March 29: The Eye, the Ear, the Page Susan Howe & a few contemporaries Week 10: April 5: Simultaneity, Sequence, & Modes of Meditation Ian Hamilton Finlay, Susan Howe, Cécilia Vicuña, & a few more Week 11: April 12: Sequence, Page Space, & Narration C.S. Giscombe, Lisa Jarnot, Tina Darraugh, & a more Week 12: April 19: All & None of the Above Ian Hamilton Finlay Week 13: April 26: Workshop Week 14: May 3: Workshop Exam Week: May 10: Portfolios due We will also schedule a date for a class show & reading, which may be held in conjunction with a show by AVT students. This may affect the due date for final portofolios. |