LIT 112E Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan as Poet: From Folk Hero to Electric Messiah. Focuses primarily on the poetry and poetics of Dylan's by now substantial canon of works—early, middle, and late. Stresses poetic syntax, various lyric genres, surrealist imagery, and narrative tactics used, as well as the more socially expansive dynamics of how Dylan forged his prophetic/visionary imagination. Critical approach designations: Canons, Media. Distribution requirement: Poetry.