Weeks 1 & 2: English Translations of Oral Poetry, Ethnopoetics, SHAKING THE PUMPKIN, Jerome Rothenberg

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    1. Access-the-Course-Map for Students New to Coursera online and SloPo Courses
    2. Course Overview with Sample Poems and Sample Discussion Thread
    3. The Library
    4. Week One and Two Materials: Ethnopoetics & Shaking the Pumpkin
    5. Jerome Rothenberg Assemblage of Materials: From Ethnopoetics to his own poetry and his work on A Big Jewish Book — texts, audio, video. 
    6. The Q&A with Jerome Rothenberg
    7. Week Three Materials: Contemporary American Indian
    8. Week Four Materials: Pacific Islander Poetry 
    9. Week Four Materials: Contemporary Caribbean Anglophone Poetry
    10. Week Five Materials: Contemporary African-American Poetry
    11. Week Six Materials: Contemporary Latinx-American Poetry and Performance
    12. Week Seven Materials: Contemporary Asian-American Poetry
    13. Week Eight Materials:  The Ghazal, Contemporary Middle-Eastern and South-Asian Poetry
    14. RETURN TO COURSERA COURSE SITE PAGE

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Langs_N.AmerAbove image: Map showing language families of the US prior to European settlement.

Ethnopoetics – Companion to 20th C Poetry

EthnopoeticsThe_Princeton_Encyclopedia_of_Poetry_and_Poetics_F…_—-_(Pg_502–503)

OralPoetryThe_Princeton_Encyclopedia_of_Poetry_and_Poetics_F…_—-_(Pg_1017–1020)

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Rothenberg’s Commentary on What the Informant Said to Franz Boas in 1920 and

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Preface (1971) to SHAKING THE PUMPKIN by Jerome Rothenberg

Magic Words and More More More Magic Words Inuit

Rothenberg’s Commentary on Magic Words and More More More Magic Words

Shaking the Pumpkin – Songs and Other Circumstances from the Society of Mystic Animals Seneca English Versions by Jerome Rothenberg and Richard Johnny John

Rothenberg’s Commentary on Shaking the Pumpkin – Society of the Mystic Animals

Horse Songs of Frank Mitchell Navajo

Rothenberg’s Commentary on Horse Songs

Five Flower World Variations Yaqui Version by Jerome Rothenberg

Rothenberg’s Commentary on Five Flower World Variations

from Ceremony of Sending- A Simultaneity for Twenty Choruses Osage

Rothenberg’s Commentary on Ceremony of Sending

Rothenberg’s Commentary on Red Ant Way

Sweat-House Ritual 1 Omaha English Version by Jerome Rothenberg from Alice Fletch and Francis LaFlesche

Naming Events Pagago

Language Event 1 Inuit

Thank You Seneca trans Jerome Rothenberg and Richard Johnny John

Magic Words from Run Toward the Nightland Cherokee trans

excerpt -ted-chiang-the-truth-of-fact-the-truth-of-feeling

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Language Event 1 Eskimo

 

 

Cokboy by Jerome Rothenberg from his collection POLAND 1931

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    Course Map

      1. Access-the-Course-Map for Students New to Coursera online and SloPo Courses
      2. Course Overview with Sample Poems and Sample Discussion Thread
      3. The Library
      4. Week One and Two Materials: Ethnopoetics & Shaking the Pumpkin
      5. Jerome Rothenberg Assemblage of Materials: From Ethnopoetics to his own poetry and his work on A Big Jewish Book — texts, audio, video. 
      6. The Q&A with Jerome Rothenberg
      7. Week Three Materials: Contemporary American Indian
      8. Week Four Materials: Pacific Islander Poetry 
      9. Week Four Materials: Contemporary Caribbean Anglophone Poetry
      10. Week Five Materials: Contemporary African-American Poetry
      11. Week Six Materials: Contemporary Latinx-American Poetry and Performance
      12. Week Seven Materials: Contemporary Asian-American Poetry
      13. Week Eight Materials:  The Ghazal, Contemporary Middle-Eastern and South-Asian Poetry
      14. RETURN TO COURSERA COURSE SITE PAGE

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