One of those saints ([info]an_instinct) wrote in [info]english_majors,
@ 2008-06-18 21:03:00
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I'm going to apply to graduate school for Literature/English. I've been taking GRE classes, rewriting my essays and researching schools. I've read "America's Best Graduate Schools" and I've done some googling. But I am having a hard time finding what I want from a grad program.

Can anyone suggest schools that have a option to specialize in poetry and poetics? Or at least that have a few good courses that involve the study of poetics (and that is NOT an MFA program)?

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[info]matchstick_139
2008-06-19 03:09 am UTC (link)
I mentioned this on the prior post, but I highly recommend asking around at [info]applyingtograd if you haven't all ready. They're very helpful, and chances are you'll get a few suggestions.

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[info]an_instinct
2008-06-19 03:11 am UTC (link)
Thank you! Sorry for missing that earlier post!

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[info]mournfulbliss
2008-06-19 03:40 am UTC (link)
university of penn in philadelphia, pennsylvania.

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[info]an_instinct
2008-06-19 03:46 am UTC (link)
Thank you!!!

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[info]wildflowerfever
2008-06-19 03:50 am UTC (link)
SUNY Buffalo seems to have an awesome poetics program (especially if you are interested in contemporary American poetry).

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[info]an_instinct
2008-06-19 03:56 am UTC (link)
THANK YOU!

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[info]ka_crow
2008-06-19 12:29 pm UTC (link)
I second that. An MFA classmate of mine did his Ph.D. at SUNY-Buffalo. Their Electronic Poetry Center has brilliant resources -- I think it's just epc.buffalo.edu.

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[info]circumfession
2008-06-19 06:58 pm UTC (link)
thirding this recommendation. buffalo's program is extremely...eccentric? It's definitely a "think-outside-of-the-box" place, which works well for my students.

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[info]halflingmessiah
2008-06-19 11:56 am UTC (link)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has all their reading lists posted online, for all your needs. You can use that as a baseline at just about any school, I'm sure.

http://www.english.wisc.edu/graduate/literature/readinglists.html
((Because I fail at HTML.))

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[info]an_instinct
2008-06-19 06:59 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]circumfession
2008-06-19 06:57 pm UTC (link)
My boyfriend is applying with the same interests. You might want to look at....

SUNY Buffalo
Chicago
UPenn (not Penn State...though I actually know nothing about Penn State, so this isn't a vote against them)

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[info]an_instinct
2008-06-19 06:59 pm UTC (link)
Thank you very much!

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[info]circumfession
2008-06-19 07:17 pm UTC (link)
on ratings: the US news and world report ratings are deeply, deeply flawed. It is useful in that it gives you a list of names to start researching, but you really don't want to relay on them in choosing a school. I'd recommend starting with your own interests firsts. Who wrote the books/articles that you found fascinating? Who has the most interesting ideas? Where are they teaching? And sort of branching out from there.

NCR ranking ARE reputable, and they are due out in September this year, but they've been delayed for...oh, the past 5 years or so, so I wouldn't hold your breathe waiting for them.

Talk to your professors. They would probably be able to give you a list of places to consider.

How theoretically-inclined are you? I do a bit of poetics, but mostly from the theoretical angle...and I'd be happy to offer a bigger list if your interests overlap there as well. (Buffalo, for example, is very theory-heavy...in addition to poetics, they have a pretty impressive program in psycholanalytic theory, queer theory, etc...and their comp lit department has a lot of very good deconstructionists)

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