Contemporary Canadian Long Poem (O)

3 ch (3S) (W) · Undergraduate

Survey the breadth of contemporary Canadian long poems, exploring such issues as the long poem’s relationship with genre and postmodernism; formal and thematic innovations; the tensions between lyric and narrative, with connections to the oral roots in epic poetry; and the politics of voice and identity. Poets studied include Dionne Brand, Anne Carson, George Elliott Clarke, Louise Bernice Halfe, Robert Kroetsch, Daphne Marlatt, Erin Mouré, bpNichol, Michael Ondaatje, Lisa Robertson, Fred Wah, and Phyllis Webb. NOTE: Open to ENGL Honours Students.