Students will develop a working knowledge of the history, criticism, and craft theory associated with the writing of poetry. The course will require extensive writing and reading in the genre, including reading full-length collections of poems, plus readings in craft technique and theory. Subjects may include studies of specific writers, specific forms, poetic movements, and specific sub-genres with emphasis on reading as a writer to learn and develop specific craft techniques. Example topics include Reading and Writing the Lyric Sequence, Form and Technique in Closed Forms, and Voice and the Free Verse Line. Writing assignments in the course may include critical response essays, interviews, critical annotations, reviews, in-class creative writing assignments, a creative writing final portfolio, or other options.
Major, minor, elective credit