ENGL 3832 - Creative Writing: Poetry

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Successful completion with a “C” or better of ENGL 3800
This course teaches students to analyze and apply basic creative writing techniques-such as form, meter, rhyme, imagery, theme, and symbolism-to their own works of poetry as well to the critique of others’ writing I workshops. The course will include discussion on the craft of poetry writing, close reading of published authors, and workshop sessions in which class participants will read, analyze, evaluate and discuss classmates’ work. Special emphasis is placed on the idea of writing as process and revision.