CHID 201 A: Radical Poetics

UNDERWORLD POETICS (AH) IS A COURSE THAT ULTIMATELY AIMS TO THROW A POETRY SLAM. SO, IT INVITES ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN WRITING AND SHARING THEIR OWN POETRY. BUT IN ORDER TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A POETRY SLAM, IT ASKS THEM TO READ, ANALYZE, AND DISCUSS SOME OF THE POETRY AND POETIC THEORIES OF PREDOMINATELY CARIBBEAN-BORN WRITERS, SUCH AS AUDRE LORDE. IT ALSO ASKS STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO WRITE POETRY FROM A DISTINCTIVELY UNDERWORLD PERSPECTIVE BY READING SECTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ARCHETYPAL PSYCHOLOGIST, JAMES HILLMAN, THE DREAM AND THE UNDERWORLD.