For Thursday, take a look at Gertrude Stein’s “Sacred Emily.” There’s really no way to make sense of this poem using our normal ways of reading. It may be the most avant-garde text we encounter this semester. I wonder though what would happen if read it as a “heap of broken images” or “isolate flecks”? What kinds of things do you see in the poem if we read it this way – – as a collage or fragments? Use (three) annotations to explore this idea.
On Tuesday, we’ll talk more directly about Eliot’s “Waste Land.” As you finish reading the poem – – think about how many zombies you see. That is, how many in-between places, things, people, and voices can you find in the poem? Use (three) annotations to locate zombie moments in the poem.