ENGL 20500 Introduction to Creative Writing
Practice in writing short prose narratives and poetry for students who have finished composition and wish to develop their skills further. Workshop criticism.
ENGL 23700 Introduction to Poetry
How to read poetry intelligently; function of diction, metrics, figures of speech, and theme; place of a poem in history, uses of poetry.
ENGL 40700 Introduction to Poetry Writing
This course, designed for students who already have some experience in the writing of poetry, offers a forum for the critique of poems-in-progress, the chance to read and discuss challenging contemporary poetry, and an on-going conversation about current poetic issues. Most of the class time will be devoted to the workshop, in which students will submit xeroxed copies of their poems to the class for constructive critique. This intensive workshop experience will be supplemented by the reading and discussion of poems from Elizabeth Bishop’s Collected Poems and The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry.
ENGL 60600 Seminar in Poetry Writing
An advanced course in the writing of poetry.Workshop criticism.Study of the work of established writers.
