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CRN |
90027 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
LIT 121 |
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Title |
First-year Fiction Workshop |
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Professor |
Robert Kelly |
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Schedule |
Mon Wed 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm OLIN 101 |
This course is for students who propose a commitment to writing and have already written stories or worked toward narrative text of any length. It is designed to develop skills as well as to encourage new ways of telling, teaching how to transform language into experience, how to compose paragraphs using both narrative logic and musical measure, how to edit one's work, and how to read manuscripts of others with sympathy and critical alertness. Some reading and analysis of rhetorical strategies of several contemporary writers. Candidates must submit samples of their work (1 or 2 short pieces of fiction) before registration with optional cover letter via campus mail to Prof. Kelly by 12:00 noon, Friday, August 24th.
CRN |
90028 |
Distribution |
B/F |
Course No. |
LIT 123 A |
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Title |
First Poetry Workshop |
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Professor |
Robert Kelly |
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Schedule |
Mon Wed 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 101 |
CRN |
90434 |
Distribution |
B/F |
Course No. |
LIT 123 B |
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Title |
First Poetry Workshop |
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Professor |
Leonard Schwartz |
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Schedule |
Mon Thurs 11:30 am - 12:50 pm |
CRN |
90074 |
Distribution |
B/F |
Course No. |
LIT 221 |
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Title |
Writers Workshop:Prose Fiction |
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Professor |
Peter Sourian |
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Schedule |
Tu 10:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 303 |
Practice in imaginative writing. Students will present their own work for group response, analysis, and evaluation. Also reading of selected writers. Permission of the instructor is required. This course was filled by portfolio submission in May.
CRN |
90433 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
LIT 324 |
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Title |
Advanced Fiction Workshop |
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Professor |
TBA |
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Schedule |
Fri 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm OLIN 201 |
A workshop on the composition of short stories, for experienced writers. Students will be expected to read extensively and to devote significant time, daily, to the composition and revision of their own stories. Some time outside of class, for guest readings, may also be required This course was filled by portfolio submission in May.
CRN |
90072 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
LIT 3224 |
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Title |
Advanced Poetry Workshop: Investigative Poetics |
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Professor |
Joan Retallack |
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Schedule |
Mon 3:00 pm - 5:20 pm OLIN 201 |
Cross-listed: Integrated Arts
Among the many poetic practices identified by schools and genres is one that I like to call "Investigative." This is a poetry of extended projects and procedures designed to explore a range of forms, media, questions, logics, constraints....as well as experiences of our situation in today's world. Underlying assumptions are a) there are things one can know only in the form of poetry, b) a complex world must be engaged-at least some of the time-with complex forms of art. Though some of the projects for this course can involve visual and electronic media, as well as performance dimensions, the emphasis throughout will be on working with language. To bring students into a high level of consciousness about the forms and questions we're addressing, there will be weekly (brief but incisive) writing assignments in relation to our reading/viewing and in-class discussions. You will complete four extended poetic projects, each accompanied by a 3-5 page essay discussing your points of departure, your thinking along the way as you composed the piece, it's relation to the investigations of the class, the material processes you engaged in. There will be a number of poet visitors in conjunction with reading assignments. In addition, you will be required to attend poetry readings and other events over the course of the semester. This course was filled by portfolio submission in May.