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The content, goals, and requirements of en 412, an advanced poetry writing course taught by martin lammon and reginald shepherd during the fall 2008 semester. Students will engage in workshops, read contemporary poets, and write poetry, with a focus on craft, revision, and critical analysis.
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EN 412 Poetry Writing Workshop Fall 2008 Professor: Kendall Dunkelberg Office: Painter 104 email: kdunkelberg@as.muw.edu Phone: 329- web: http://www2.muw.edu/~kdunk Hours: MWF 10:00-11: Time: MWF 11:00-11:50 TTh 1:30-3: Texts: Written in Water, Written in Stone. Ed. Martin Lammon [WW] Lyric Postmodernisms. Ed. Reginald Shepherd [LP] Course Content: EN 412 is an advanced course in writing poetry with an emphasis on craft. In the first weeks of the course we will discuss essays on poetics and conduct focused workshops to get started. We will also read poems by contemporary poets and discuss their styles and the choices they have made. Since this is a writing workshop, discussion of student work will also be an essential component. As the semester progresses, emphasis will shift to workshops on student poems. In addition, each student will meet with me out of class for a biweekly conference to discuss work in progress. Goals:
portfolio of poems. For the purposes of this portfolio, fourteen or more lines of poetry will equal one page. In other words, if you write short forms like haiku, regardless of whether you decide to print them on one page, a group of poems must equal fourteen or more lines to be considered a page. Similarly if a poem is more than one page long, each page will count, as long as each page is filled and there are twelve or more lines on the final page of the poem. The work submitted for the final portfolio should include your best work for the course; it should contain most of the work from the midterm portfolio (revised), though not all work from the midterm portfolio need be included and new work should be added. I should have seen all poems in conference or in class. Your portfolio will be graded on the quality of work and the strength of your revisions. Final Exam: There will be a final exam, which will cover the essays on poetics, information in lectures, and the poems that we have read from the anthology. The exam may include definitions of concepts we have discussed, short answer questions about specific poets, as well as longer essay questions that ask you how you might apply what you have learned from these readings. Extra credit toward the final can be earned by taking part in the WebCT discussion board for the course. Attendance Policy: Since discussion of each other’s writing is essential to the success of the course, attendance is mandatory and will be recorded at the beginning of each class. If you arrive late, please inform me after class that you were present; otherwise, you will be counted absent. If you must leave early, please inform me before class and slip out as quietly as possible. Students are required to attend a minimum of 75% of scheduled classes to receive a passing grade. Excessive absences (more than
Week 7 September 22-26 Group A Mon Forrest Gander LP 62- Wed Louis Simpson “Reflections on Narrative Poetry” WW 102- Fri Workshop on Narrative Week 8 September 29 - October 3 Group B Mon Timothy Liu LP 122- Wed David Ignatow “The Necessity of the Personal” WW 89- Fri Workshop on the Personal Poetry Notebook Due Week 9 October 6-10 Group A Mon Fall Break Wed Tess Gallagher “The Poem as Time Machine” WW 108-118 Midterm Porfolio Due Fri Kathleen Fraser LP 50- Week 10 October 13-17 Group B Mon Angela Ball poems (see WebCT for links) Wed Rodney Jones poems (see WebCT for links) Fri Welty Symposium (attendance required) Week 11 October 20-24 Group A Mon Rosmary Waldrop LP 241- Wed Diane Wakoski “Poetry as the Dialogue...” WW 147- Fri Workshop Week 12 October 27-31 Group B Mon Marjorie Welish LP 252- Wed Alicia Ostriker “A Wild Surmise” WW 256- Fri Workshop Week 13 November 3-7 Group A Mon Robert Hayden “How it Strikes a Contemporary” WW 193- Wed Martha Ronk LP 180- Fri Workshop Book Review Due Week 14 November 10-14 Group B Mon Workshop Wed Workshop Fri Workshop Week 15 November 17- Mon Workshop Wed Workshop Fri Workshop Poetry Notebook Due Week 16 November 24- Mon Course Review Final Portfolio Due Wed/Fri Thanksgiving Holiday Final Exam: Thursday, December 4, 11:30-2: Important Dates: Aug. 19 Last day to enter a class for credit and change from credit to pass-fail Sept. 17 Last day to withdraw without WP or WF or to change from credit to audit Oct. 15 Last day to drop a course and receive WP or WF designation Nov. 7 Last day to withdraw from the university