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Seibel, George 2012 Thesis EDITED.pdf (31.66 KB)
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Being a Poet
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Seibel, George L., IV
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Year and Degree
2012, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
Abstract
This thesis is a parodic ars poetica wherein the social role of poetry is explored and exploded satirically through a variety of methods, including process-based and aleatoric algorithms, as well as through reconsideration of traditional forms. Via its interaction with extant poetic works and other found texts, poetic practice itself is under fire, and the utility of everyday language collapses under the burden of its own absurdity. Humor, by turns self-aggrandizing and self-effacing, is employed rhetorically to examine and expose the tacit implications of accepting the role of “poet” in 21st century America. While remarking on many aspects of the craft of poetry, especially its historicity and practicality, the manuscript abjures its responsibility to conclude, reflecting the arbitrariness, unimportance, or perhaps nonexistence of its primary concern.
Committee
cris cheek, PhD (Committee Chair)
Catherine Wagner, PhD (Committee Member)
Keith Tuma, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
67 p.
Keywords
poetics
;
ars poetica
;
humor
;
parody
;
satire
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Seibel, IV, G. L. (2012).
Being a Poet
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1346412172
APA Style (7th edition)
Seibel, IV, George.
Being a Poet.
2012. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1346412172.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Seibel, IV, George. "Being a Poet." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1346412172
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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