{"id":3325,"date":"2017-10-17T00:45:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2017-10-19T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T18:08:05","slug":"preliminary-reading-assignment-frank-ohara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/2017\/10\/17\/preliminary-reading-assignment-frank-ohara\/","title":{"rendered":"revised reading assignment: Frank O&#8217;Hara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\">\n<div id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\">\n<div id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, Georgia, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size: medium\"><span id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont\">from\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont\"><i>Lunch Poems<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/42662\/a-step-away-from-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">A Step Away From Them<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/42657\/the-day-lady-died\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The Day Lady Died<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/57554\/personal-poem-56d23b2f03a79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Personal Poem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/57556\/poem-lana-turner-has-collapsed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/people.creighton.edu\/~mlm22940\/writings\/ohara\/steps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Steps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/poetrycloud.tumblr.com\/post\/72498736747\/frank-ohara-poem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Poem (Instant coffee with slightly sour cream)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\"><span id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, Georgia, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size: medium\">Other Poems:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/why-i-am-not-painter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">Why I am Not a Painter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkschoolpoets.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/30\/frank-ohara-memorial-day-1950\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">Memorial Day 1950<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/114023\/poetry-frank-ohara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">A Pleasant Thought from Whitehead<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/26538\/meditations-in-an-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">Meditations in an Emergency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, Georgia, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols\">&#8220;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/opencourses.uoa.gr\/modules\/document\/file.php\/ENL9\/Instructional%20Package\/Texts\/\/Readings\/Week%203%3A%20Pop%20art%3A%20breaking%20down%20the%20boundaries%20between%20high%20and%20low\/Frank%20O%27Hara%20Personism-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, Georgia, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols\">Personism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, Georgia, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols\">,&#8221; O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s manifesto<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\"><u>Choose one, two,\u00a0all, or none of these\u00a0prompts<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\">, but please respond to O&#8217;Hara and\u00a0post your response on our class page under the category &#8220;Interventions&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">Close read a poem\/poems: O&#8217;Hara is not a formally experimental poet, but how does he experiment with meaning-making?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">Close read a poem\/poems:\u00a0Is O&#8217;Hara a personal poet? Does he create intimacy with the reader? Respond to the self who writes the poems.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: medium\">Is O&#8217;Hara kitsch? Is he avant-garde? Does he straddle the line between both?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\">David Lehman, in <em>The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets<\/em>, discusses those poets&#8217; use of &#8220;blagues&#8221; (which translates to &#8220;jokes&#8221; in French):\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\">The <em>blague<\/em> was the avant-garde gesture par excellence. It denoted a deadpan jest or prank with a thick layer of irony added: mockery mingled with self-mockery, doubt with defiance. The <em>blague<\/em>, writes historian Noel Annan, was &#8220;the joke which threw doubt on everything, poisoned faith and murdered respect.&#8221; It took the form of &#8220;the spoof, the lark, the snigger and the knowing smile, grotesque mirth and hilarious laughter,&#8221; and its intent was to &#8220;send up reality.&#8221; (Lehman 294)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size: small\">Write about some &#8220;blagues&#8221; that you find in O&#8217;Hara. Do you agree that the presence of blagues and the gestures they denote make him avant-garde?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from\u00a0Lunch Poems: &#8220;A Step Away From Them&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;The Day Lady Died&#8220; &#8220;Personal Poem&#8220; &#8220;Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!)&#8220; &#8220;Steps&#8220; &#8220;Poem (Instant coffee with slightly sour cream)&#8220; Other Poems: &#8220;Why I am Not a Painter&#8220; &#8220;Memorial Day 1950&#8220; &#8220;A&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/2017\/10\/17\/preliminary-reading-assignment-frank-ohara\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading-list"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3325"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions\/3346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.suzannechurchill.com\/eng394-f17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}