TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
2:00pm-5:00pm
W
Woodruff Library 773
Covey, Bruce A. HAPW. 42431 TBA.

January 12, 2011- April 25, 2011

Prerequisites: Any 200-level Creative Writing workshop

Catalog Description: Every semester. Intermediate level workshop in writing poetry. ENG 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.

Semester Details:

This workshop, focused around the students' own work, will provide an opportunity for continued growth as a writer and reader of contemporary poetry. Topics will include the possibilities of form; intentionality and meaning; the relationship between the reader and writer; and the oral/performative and visual qualities of poems. Each student will be workshopped three times, will respond to the work of both student colleagues and published writers, will maintain a journal, and will complete weekly writing assignments, all leading to a final portfolio. Students should budget for photocopying.

This is a permission course and students are required to fill out an application. The application deadline is 5 p.m., Tuesday, October 19.  For information on Creative Writing application and registration procedures, go to:  http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/atlas/index.html

For the Creative Writing course application, go to: http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/students/courseapp.html

OPUS is NOT an accurate picture of availability as students who have been accepted into a class may have not yet pre-registered or added in. For the list of accepted students, go to:http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/students/acceptedstudentslist.html

Creative Writing will continue to accept late applications for available spaces or the waiting list through the end of add-drop in the Spring.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Paul Hoover, ed. Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology.
  2. Cole Swenson and David St. John, eds. American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry.
  3. Reb Livingston. God Damsel.
  4. Peter Davis. Poetry Poetry Poetry.
  5. Heather Christle. The Difficult Farm.
  6. Sawako Nakayasu. Hurry Home Honey.
  7. Brendan Lorber, ed. Lungfull 18.
    Literary magazine

Grading

Assignment/ExamDetails% of Total Grade
AssessmentStudents will be assessed on their writing and critical understanding of poetry. Writing (including exercises and final portfolio) will comprise 65% of final grades; critical understanding (evaluated through classroom conversation, textual critiques, and course "blog" participation), 35%.
Extracurricular ActivitiesStudents are required to attend on-campus readings and colloquia sponsored by the Creative Writing Program outside of class time, and are encouraged to attend any other activities sponsored by the Program.

The schedule of courses on O.P.U.S. is the official listing of courses, including days and times they meet and the General Education Requirements they satisfy. Students should use course descriptions as general guidelines. Course requirements, grading details, book lists, and syllabi are subject to change.