EAS 250 POETIC ENLIGHTNMNT EAST-WEST

A study of the experience of awakening and enlightenment in eastern (Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, and Persian) and western poetry. The identities of the poets are diverse: Taoist philosophers, Zen and Tibetan Buddhist monks, Sufi mystics, Surrealist or Beat poets, and Kung Fu masters. Authors may include Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi, Cold Mountain, Ikkyu, Basho, Rumi, Lu Xun, Henri Michaux, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Bruce Lee.