ENGL 451 - Adv Poetry&ShortProse Wrkshp

Course Title: Adv. Poetry & Short Prose Workshop This workshop will help you write a portfolio of poems and/or short prose pieces. In class we’ll read and discuss poems, creative essays, and short fiction intensely; work over the drafts of our own poems and prose; write critiques of published works; study and steal the forms of poems, and the maneuvers of creative prose. We’ll give and receive helpful criticism of our work in a group setting, and in conferences with me. This workshop offers you a chance to develop the early promise and challenge of your poems and prose, and to build a longer manuscript. Prerequisites: one college-level course in creative writing (any genre), or an equivalent background, or a passion for writing. Permission of instructor required. Section information text: This workshop will help you write a portfolio of poems and/or short prose pieces. We will read and discuss poems, short fiction, and creative essays; work over the drafts of our own poems and prose; and write critiques of published works. There will be significant time set for workshopping poems, short stories and essays during every class once we get rolling on the writing. The goal of the workshops will to determine what the writer is trying to accomplish with the work as opposed to relaying our likes and dislikes (instead of expressing our disparate tastes). You will receive constructive criticism of your work in a group setting, and in conferences with the professor. This workshop offers you a chance to advance your writing skills, gain inspiration from provocative and engaging reads, invigorate your writing routine, and collate your work in a portfolio at the end of the semester. The semester will conclude with an inquiry into submission and publication of work that will equip you with resources to meet the challenges of publication. Prerequisites: one college-level course in creative writing (any genre), or equivalent background, or a passion for writing. Grading: Grading will be distributed evenly among participation, in-class assignments, homework assignments, and final portfolio.

Zein El-Amine, David Gewanter

Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018

20-25

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