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RE: WRITERS' WORKSHOPS - SPRING 2000

The following workshops require the submission of writing samples by due date, and sent as specified in each case below. A list of students accepted in each of these courses will be posted in registration locations in Olin by 9:00 am on the morning of registration (Wednesday, December 8th).

LIT 121 First-Year Fiction Workshop

Robert Kelly Tuesday/Thursday 1:30 - 2:50 Olin 101

This course is for students new to the college 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 before registration with optional cover letter via campus mail to Prof. Kelly by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 1st.

LIT 221 Writers Workshop: Prose Fiction
Peter Sourian Tuesday 10:30-12:50 Aspinwall 302

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. Candidates must submit samples of their work before registration with optional cover letter via campus mail to Prof. Sourian by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 1st.

LIT 322 B Poetry Workshop

John Ashbery Friday 1:30 - 3:50 Olin 203

Students present their own work to the group for analysis and response. Suggested readings in contemporary poets. Optional writing assignments are given for those poets who may find this useful. This course is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Samples of verse must be submitted before registration. This course is open to first-year students provided they, like the other classes, submit manuscripts. Candidates must submit samples of their work before registration with optional cover letter via campus mail to Prof. Ashbery by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 1st.

LIT 324 Advanced Fiction Workshop

Alice Dark Friday 1:00 - 3:20 Olin 202

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. Candidates must submit samples of their work before registration with optional cover letter via campus mail to Prof. dark c/o Professor Sourian by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 1st. Registration will be taken by Peter Sourian.

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