BRITISH PUNK Literature
INTRO: Your research on the background of the punk music movement well informs today’s goals because the philosophy of punk and the energy of the music shaped the spoken word, performance, and slam poetry genres. The following three “punk poets” are performance poets as well. Each embodying a very different style from the other.
GOAL: Research TWO of them in order to analyze their styles. Follow the guidelines in the chosen boxes. Put your work in a Word document. Cutting and pasting information is allowed.
GOAL: Research TWO of them in order to analyze their styles. Follow the guidelines in the chosen boxes. Put your work in a Word document. Cutting and pasting information is allowed.
John Cooper Clarke1. Using these links
collect 7-10 pieces of significant information that describes this poet and identifies him as a member of the punk poetry genre. 2. For each of these poems
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EXTRA CREDIT:
1. An American Voice Learn about John Burgess, his punk poetry style, and hear him read some of his works. Record your observations from his reading: identify his style, the “punk” content, and what sets him apart from other contemporary poets.
2. Political Poet Re-examine Attila the Stockbroker as a social and political poet. Visit his site and click on the corresponding political links that interest you. Identify information of importance. Explain it’s importance. Or, cut-and-paste certain segments to which you’d like to write a response.
3. Artist Visit Billy Childish’s art gallery. Click on woodcuts, collage work, pinhole camera photographs, paintings, and more to see many examples of each style of his work. Choose three favorite pieces. Cut and paste the images and their titles. Explain your attraction to them or analysis of them.
1. An American Voice Learn about John Burgess, his punk poetry style, and hear him read some of his works. Record your observations from his reading: identify his style, the “punk” content, and what sets him apart from other contemporary poets.
2. Political Poet Re-examine Attila the Stockbroker as a social and political poet. Visit his site and click on the corresponding political links that interest you. Identify information of importance. Explain it’s importance. Or, cut-and-paste certain segments to which you’d like to write a response.
3. Artist Visit Billy Childish’s art gallery. Click on woodcuts, collage work, pinhole camera photographs, paintings, and more to see many examples of each style of his work. Choose three favorite pieces. Cut and paste the images and their titles. Explain your attraction to them or analysis of them.
LINKS & PHOTO SOURCES:
Johnny Clarke 1 http://www.comedycv.co.uk/johncooperclarke/index.htm
Johnny Clarke 2 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=lyrical-genius--%26method=full%26objectid=18971986%26siteid=66633-name_page.html
Apart from the Revolution http://www.johncooperclarke.com/Pages/apartrev.htm
Beasely Street http://www.johncooperclarke.com/Pages/beasley.htm
Attila 1 http://www.footballpoets.org/poem.asp?Id=32&biog=yes
Attila 2 http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/comedy/story/0,,1872259,00.html
Football poem http://www.attilathestockbroker.com/footpoem.html
Attila’s rants http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic/002-6178232-5348806?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=atilla+the+stockbroker
Billy Childish 1 http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002548/Billy-Childish.html
Billy Childish 2 http://www.billychildish.com/home.html
Childish’s Performances http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic/103-1853853-4231840?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=billy+childish
An American Voice http://www.jackstraw.org/programs/writers/WritersForum/06/writers/john.shtml
Political Poet http://www.attilathestockbroker.com/
Artist http://www.billychildish.com/gallery.html
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/01/12/JCC_070111020043350_wideweb__300x354.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/images/artists/atilla_stokebroker.jpg
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/00/220px-Howard-Childish.jpg
Johnny Clarke 1 http://www.comedycv.co.uk/johncooperclarke/index.htm
Johnny Clarke 2 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=lyrical-genius--%26method=full%26objectid=18971986%26siteid=66633-name_page.html
Apart from the Revolution http://www.johncooperclarke.com/Pages/apartrev.htm
Beasely Street http://www.johncooperclarke.com/Pages/beasley.htm
Attila 1 http://www.footballpoets.org/poem.asp?Id=32&biog=yes
Attila 2 http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/comedy/story/0,,1872259,00.html
Football poem http://www.attilathestockbroker.com/footpoem.html
Attila’s rants http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic/002-6178232-5348806?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=atilla+the+stockbroker
Billy Childish 1 http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002548/Billy-Childish.html
Billy Childish 2 http://www.billychildish.com/home.html
Childish’s Performances http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic/103-1853853-4231840?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=billy+childish
An American Voice http://www.jackstraw.org/programs/writers/WritersForum/06/writers/john.shtml
Political Poet http://www.attilathestockbroker.com/
Artist http://www.billychildish.com/gallery.html
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/01/12/JCC_070111020043350_wideweb__300x354.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/images/artists/atilla_stokebroker.jpg
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/00/220px-Howard-Childish.jpg