Critical Social Inquiry 0237 - Youth/Poets

This seminar in social and literary studies of childhood centers and explores poetry written by young people, primarily from the late twentieth-century United States. We will consider young people as cultural producers, as poets in the present, and as writers crafting their own ideas and artistry. Readings in childhood studies, literary studies, and critical literacy studies will help frame these ideas in contrast to cultural conceptions of children as cultural consumers, as potential poets in the future, and as objects of adults' pedagogical ideas. We will also explore the work of important advocates for young poets including Gwendolyn Brooks and June Jordan Keywords:Poetry, Childhood Studies, Literature, African American Literature

In/Justice Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time