EN 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Concrete Poetry, Confederation Poets, Romantic Nationalism
17 Nov 2016
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Recall modern modernism: 20th century hermeneutics of suspicion. Describing what was happening at the end of the 19th century - before. This widespread of distrust on the conventions of society. Wwi comes along to bring all these countries together. It brought together the old and the new: modernist poetry. Restricting clear narratives and not walking through a story. The old ways didn"t work - it didn"t seem realistic at the time: modernist fiction. Sentences aren"t coherent, there is no clear narrative. New experiences and trying to represent the world in a new way. Canadian modernism: almost exclusively talked about in poetry. Between the wars, mcgill school poetry emerged in conscious opposition to the confederation poets and calling for internationalism. Scott - all the spokes , canadian authors meet . Post wwii canadian modernist poetry - concrete poetry and social activist. Birney - canlit , up her can nada . Often dismissed as a transitional phase and lagging behind poetry.
