CRN	14288	Distribution	B/F
Course No.	LIT 121
Title	First Fiction Workshop
Professor	Mat Johnson
Schedule	Tu Th 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm OLIN 308

This course is for students who propose a commitment to writing and have already written stories or worked toward narrative text of any length. Reading of selected writers, group response, analysis, and evaluation. Discussion of general principles. Candidates must submit samples of their work before registration with optional cover letter, via campus mail to Prof. Johnson by 6:00 pm, Tuesday, December 2^nd.

CRN	14448	Distribution	B/F
Course No.	LIT 123
Title	First Poetry Workshop
Professor	Robert Kelly
Schedule	Tu 11:30 am – 12:50 pm OLIN 310 Th 11:30 am – 12:50 pm OLIN 101

This workshop is for students who strongly desire to experiment with making their own writing a means of learning, both about literature and poetry, and about the discipline of making works of art. Stress is on growth: in the student's own work, and in the individual’s awareness of what sorts of activities, rhythms, and tellings are possible in poetry, and how poets go about learning from their own work. The central work of the course is the student's own writing, along with the articulation, both private and shared, of response to it. Readings will be undertaken in contemporary and traditional poets, according to the needs of the group, toward the development of familiarity with poetic form, poetic movement, and poetic energy. Attendance at various evening poetry readings and lectures is required. Admission will be by portfolio; candidates must submit samples of their work before registration, with optional cover letter, to Prof. Kelly via campus mail by 6:00 p. m. on Tuesday, December 2^nd.

CRN	14226	Distribution	B/F
Course No.	LIT 221
Title	Writers Workshop: Prose Fiction
Professor	Peter Sourian
Schedule	Tu 10:30 am - 12:50 pm PRE 101

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 6:00 pm, Tuesday, December 2^nd.

CRN	14449	Distribution	B/F
Course No.	LIT 322
Title	Advanced Poetry Workshop
Professor	Robert Kelly
Schedule	Tu Th 3:00 pm – 4:20 pm OLIN 310

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. The course is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Samples Candidates must submit samples of their work before registration with optional cover letter, via campus mail, to Prof. Kelly by 6:00 pm, Tuesday, December 2^nd.

CRN	14284	Distribution	F
Course No.	LIT 3224
Title	Investigative Poetics: Projects and Procedures
Professor	Joan Retallack
Schedule	Th 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm OLIN 306

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. (Four volumes of poetry are required reading, along with a variety of handouts.) You will also be required to attend poetry readings and other events over the course of the semester.

(Please send a portfolio of your work to me via campus mail by December 2nd. First year students are invited to submit a portfolio.)

CRN	14259	Distribution	F
Course No.	LIT 324
Title	Advanced Fiction Workshop
Professor	Mary Caponegro
Schedule	Wed 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm PRE 101

A workshop on the composition of short stories, for experienced writers. Students will also read short fiction by established writers, and devote significant time to the composition and revision of their own stories. Candidates must submit samples of their work before registration, with cover letter, via campus mail to Prof. Caponegro by 6:00 pm, Tuesday, December 2^nd.