Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
2:30pm-5:30pm
Tu
Callaway Center S103
Teeter, Alice. HAPW. 42449 TBA.

August 29, 2012- December 11, 2012

Catalog Description: Every semester. Introductory workshop in poetry writing. Counts as a prerequisite for 300-level intermediate workshops but not for Advanced Fiction, Advanced Poetry, or Advanced Playwriting. May not be repeated for credit.

Semester Details:

This poetry workshop will focus on writing students’ original poetry. Writing will include experimentation with established as well as invented poetic forms and less formal structures. Students will also develop critical response skills and vocabulary. Students will be responsible for actively participating in class discussions and exercises, writing weekly poems, and regularly presenting their poems to the class. A reader’s journal and a portfolio of original poems will be submitted at the semester's end.

Students should budget for photocopying.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRESHMAN: Please use the freshman application at http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/students/freshmancourseapp.html to apply for the course. Print it out and bring it to the Creative Writing Program office in N209 Callaway. Blank forms are also available at the office.

All Creative Writing courses are permission-only. Students must submit an application to the Creative Writing Program office in N209 Callaway Center. The application deadline is 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 20. (Late applications will be accepted through the end of add-drop in the Fall.)  Students can check on their acceptance into classes HERE.  Accepted students must contact Paula Vitaris at pvitari@emory.edu for a permission number.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux, eds. The Poet's Companion.
  2. Scott Wiggerman and David Meischen, eds. Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry.
  3. Amy Pence. Amour, Amour.

Grading

Assignment/ExamDetails% of Total Grade
Assessment1. Weekly exercises. 2. Attendance and participation in class exercises, discussions, and presentations. 3.Attendance at least 3 department-required readings or colloquia and at least 3 Emory Poetry Council readings (250 word minimum written responses due for each -- total of 6). 4. Reader's journal and final portfolio of original poems.
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.