L‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍iterature of Rebellion – “Voices of Change” poetry project,

L‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍iterature of Rebellion – “Voices of Change” poetry project, “podcast” or writing (DOING A WRITING, AN ESSAY) The pre and post WW 2 period was one of tremendous change in America and beyond, and two forces of changes had to do with human rights. Women’s history and Black history had voices that rose up and broke barriers. Rebellion in the 60s – usually associated with poems like “Howl” by Ginsberg, and much of the Woodstock revolution, was seeded by political, social, and artistic voices who blazed an intellectual and personal trail of change. Poetry seems to be a literary form that does not cause revolutions, and rebellious poets seem to be figures with berets and inconsequential folk musicians. Yet poems have shaped our consciousness in more ways than we know. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in recent years, and past winners have been voices of rebellion, too. You have read poems from a variety of voices and in your resources section, have access to many others – Lorde, Plath, Sexton, Rich, Clifton, Dove, Hooks, Hughes, to name a few – as well as poets who are not listed in this unit. You are not restricted to the poets in the resources. Pick a poet post WW1 who appeals to you who rebelled against societal norms, specifically ones of gender, race and/or class, and do a deep dive into the works. Selecting 3 poems and/or 2 poems and an essay or other work (ie: song, painting, etc. by the artist), crea‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍te a short “poetry guide” to your “voice of change,” establishing what the central fulcrum of the VOICE of rebellion is, where can we find it, and what is its end result (ie: is it a successful or fruitful voice of change). In your project, you must trace a central theme/motif of rebellion and examine it across works, weaving in autobiography and history as well where appropriate. There are no limits to how you present the VOICE but you must give the poet’s voice clarity for a reader, give the reader a sense of the voice itself, why and how it is a voice of change, what changes does it foster in the reader/listener, and then be sure you also give us a sense of the “poet’s own sense of his/her/their” own voice and what the poet thinks (or at least might think, as different from the speaker in the poems) about the rebellion, and what is asks of us, the reader, and where it will lead us, or not. Be sure to give some sense as to why your 3 poems (or 2 poems and another work) go together to accomplish your goal, which is to make us FEEL and hear and understand the VOICE of change you have chosen to listen to and represent. You may write this, or do a podcast of it, or choose another medium(s) (with teacher approval) to accomplish the goal. (alternative option might be that you may also, if you choose, do a comparative study of 2 poems and then create a third one in imitation of your poet as your third work, incorporating it into‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ your study as well). Due after break.