Cirrus@Austlit

This units focus is the study of a range of current poetry in English from Britain, Australia, the United States and other transnational cultures. In addition to studying language and form, and engaging with the significance of critical theory, poetics and aesthetics in the making of poetry, we will examine current issues in trends and approaches to the writing and publishing of contemporary poetry for example, visual and performance poetry; the role of the internet and hypertext; the lyric voice and the impact of poststructuralist critical theory; cross-cultural influences; political poetry; eco-poetry.