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ENGL-250-01 Eliot's Wasteland
Spring only
We will begin the semester by reading several of Eliot's earlier poems to investigate both his experimentation with poetic technique as well as his thematic concerns. The course will concentrate, however, on The Waste Land. Properly to understand Eliot's opus, however, requires reading its principal allusions: Scripture (Old and New), Dante, Virgil, St. Augustine, Tarot cards, fertility gods and rituals, Grail Knight romances, Shakespeare, Thomas Kyd, Baudelaire, and the Baghavad Gita--virtually a liberal arts curriculum in itself. The final re-reading of The Waste Land, however, with allusions understood and experienced, should represent an extraordinary experience of poetic technique and literature, both East and West.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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