This course will explore a broad selection of modern Tamil poems so you can acquire in-depth knowledge regarding the literary aesthetics, style and techniques employed in Tamil poetry. This course is designed for English language poets to understand more about Tamil poetry to help enrich their English language poetry.
No partial sessions accepted. Limited places available. Registration closes: 13 May 2022, 11:59 PM.
Perundevi has published eight anthologies of poetry and an anthology of microfiction over the past two decades. She is deeply engaged with contemporary Tamil society and culture and a regular contributor of poems, translations and articles to Tamil literary magazines and journals. She has published a volume of essays on sexual violence as a social practice engaging with Tamil literary texts and violence against women. She has also edited a volume of critical essays on the works of the Tamil modernist writer Asokamittiran. An academic by profession, Perundevi has a Ph.D in interdisciplinary human sciences from George Washington University. She is currently an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Siena College. Her research interests include popular religious practices engaging with colonial and post-colonial modernity in southern India, global feminisms, and Tamil literature and cinema.
VENUE: Zoom (online)
LINK: To be provided to registrants
EVENT WEBSITE: ACWP (for registration)
DATE AND TIME
28 May, 4, 11 Jun 2022, 2pm-5pm. $75/30