ENGH 619: Special Topics in Writing

ENGH 619-001: Sequence/Collage/Daybook
(Spring 2013)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R

Section Information for Spring 2013

We’ll launch the semester with a month of intensive reading of contemporary poetic sequences, and a little theoretical discussion. Given that there are hundreds sequences to choose from, I have focused the list on themes of family, place, immigration, history, and elegy, and on the modes of lyric, collage, investigative poetics, and erasure. Assigned readings may be modified in response to class members’ interests and projects, but you should expect to read in modes that may be unfamiliar, as well. The rest of our time will be workshop. Unless you are in your third year and have a large project underway, you should plan to work on two sequences during the semester. We will also practice some daily writing and/or renga, to lighten our spirits. No analytic writing will be assigned, but all will be expected to take an active role in discussion of our reading early in the semester. The course wiki with reading list will be finalized in January. Preliminary reading list available from the instructor.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Workshop course. Intensive practice in creative writing and study of creative process. Concentrates on specialized literary type other than short story, such as essay, playwriting, film writing, children's literature, travel literature, autobiography, gothic novel, and translation. Notes: Intended for students already writing original creative work. Other interested graduate students should contact the English department at (703) 993-1180. May be repeated for credit with permission of department. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 30 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Intended for students already writing original creative work.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Creative Writing.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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