ENGL 342 - Poetry Workshop

Upper Division

The primary aim of this course is to allow students as much freedom as possible in their writing while teaching the skills to identify their strengths and weaknesses. The most important work for students is to locate their style or voice, with encouragement to produce at least one new poem per week. By the end of the course, students should develop the terminology and critical skills for revising poetry, and should develop a good understanding about issues and trends in the genre. Students may also be encouraged to write a poetic statement in which they analyze their own poems-with particular attention to their development over the semester.

Course credits: 5