Abstract
The fluidity of literature, especially in relation to time, readers, and understanding, aligns with Actor-network Theory (ANT), which posits a greater focus on all facets of a network of associations, including non-human actants, and can assist in encouraging students to consider broader relationships written into the poem, as well as those manifested by the relationship/s between the reader, writer, speaker and poem itself. In exploring this argument, I studied “Morning Glories” by Mary Oliver (1994) to address how can we study and learn from a poem by prioritizing ANT? Thus, by employing critical making to construct a video and visual portrayals of the poetic elements and networks, we are able to see how they are constantly in flux, moving and evolving, and specific to any specific reader of a poem. As such, ANT may lead students to also ask what is the very page saying and what is it saying to the speaker and to me? How are these different? In doing so, this work contributes to the growing field of digital and experiential learning and falling at the nexus of theory and praxis for poetry pedagogy and digital humanities.
Presenters
Kelsey DufresneStudent, Phd, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Poetry, Actor-Network Theory, Feminism, Critical Making, Pedagogy, Visualizations
