Date
|
Subject
|
Assignment
|
| Jan. 16th |
Instructor's Choice: Selected poems |
|
| 18th |
An introduction to the history of Poland |
Read Davies, Vol. 1, pp 2-22, 53-60. |
| 23rd |
An overview of Polish culture: classics, myths,
legends |
|
| 25th |
Poetry in Poland |
Read all texts in this section of
the website. |
| 30th |
Poetry in Poland |
Read all texts in this section of
the website.
Short Paper 1 due following Monday |
| Feb. 1st |
Life under Totalitarianism |
Read Vaclav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless", in Living in
Truth; and other texts in this section of the
website. |
| 6th |
The Forge: Wazyk, Jastrun |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun |
| 8th |
Rozewicz, Ficowski |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun.
Short Paper 2 due following
Monday |
| 13th |
Milosz |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun |
| 15th |
Milosz |
Short Paper 3 due following Monday |
| 20th |
Szymborska |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun and View with a grain of
sand |
| 22th |
Szymborska |
Short Paper 4 due following Monday |
| 27st |
Herbert |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun and Mr Cogito. |
| March 1th |
Herbert |
Mid-term papers due. |
| 13th |
Herbert |
|
| 15th |
"Women poets" |
Read poems in Ariadne's Thread and Spoiling cannibals' fun; Short Paper 5 due following Monday |
| 20th |
"Women poets" |
|
| 22th |
"Man poets": Wirpsza, Miedzyrzecki,
Woroszylski, Prokop, Bryll, Krynicki, Baranczak |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun; Short Paper 6 due following Monday |
| 27th |
"Priest poets": Twardowski, Wojtyla |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun |
| 29th |
The Polish poet from Houston: Adam Zagajewski |
Read poems in Spoiling cannibals' fun
Short Paper 7 due following Monday |
| April 3rd |
The "New Privacy": Lars, Musial,
Czekanowicz, Jurewicz, Benka |
Read poems in Young poets of a new Poland |
| 5th |
The Krakow scene: Intellectuals and
Barbarians: Polkowski, Maj, Broda, Koehler, Swietlicki, Podsiadlo |
Read poems in Young poets of a new Poland |
| 10th |
The Krakow scene: Intellectuals and
Barbarians |
Read poems in Young poets of a new Poland |
| 17th |
Polish (probably post-)punks and associated
vices |
Short Paper 8 due following Monday |
| 19th |
Translator's dilemmas and other formalities |
Read Milosz, pp. 541-543. |
| 24th |
Student presentations |
|
| 26th |
Conclusions |
Term papers due. |
