Overview of Literature: A Global Perspective

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts from the lecture notes on literature, focusing on imagery, types of poetry, and significant authors.

Physical Imagery

The real, tangible visual images used in a text, such as photographs or drawings.

Visual Poetry

Poetry rendered graphically that uses words and letter shapes as visual icons rather than strictly following linguistic grammar and syntax.

Experimental Writing

Writing that challenges literary conventions and assumptions, often by blurring artistic boundaries and disrupting traditional forms.

Settler-Colonialism

A type of colonialism where Indigenous peoples are displaced by settlers who form a permanent society in the colonized region.

bpNichol

A Canadian poet and a key figure in experimental writing, known for minimalist visual poetry.

M. Travis Lane

A Canadian poet known for her work, including poems that emphasize sensory imagery.

Shane Rhodes

An award-winning poet focusing on settler-Indigenous relations, known for works that engage with colonial themes.