Late 20C Poetry (A)

Part A

For this module, we are discussing several poems from the late twentieth century. As I mentioned in the Module 11 Lecture on the Module 11 Required Readings page, these are the questions I encourage you to consider as you discuss this reading on the discussion board: What themes recur throughout the poems? How do some poems adhere to poetic elements like rhythm, meter, and rhyme, while others are freer in their presentation? What do these poems tell us about American culture and society during the late twentieth century? How can the poems still maintain relevance in the twenty-first century? 

·        Read Lucille Clifton’s “homage to my hips” and “what the mirror said” in Norton, pp. 1127-1128 

·        Read Alice Walker’s “Women” and “Outcast” in Norton, pp. 1179-1180

·        Watch the Lecture below

·        https://vimeo.com/694077594/cc795f7ddd

Part B

For this Textual Analysis, you can choose to discuss a selection from Toni Morrison’s Sula or a poem from Module 11.

First, you should select a brief section or passage from the novel. Place that passage at the top of your response (or indicate where it is in the reading by stating the page numbers). Next, you should write 300 words (not counting the selected passage) in which you analyze—not summarize—the significance of that selection. This means that instead of merely retelling the chosen work, this analysis will focus in on the effects or the meaning of the piece through analytical exploration.

Textual Analysis assignments will be graded according to this rubric Download this rubric.