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MASTER COURSE OUTLINE DATE: 28 Feb. 2014COURSE TITLE:Creative Writing: Poetry

Dept.: English Course Nu: 212 !Forerly: "

C#P Co$e: 23.0501 #ntent Co$e: 11 Progra Co$e:

CREDITS:%otal Conta&t 'rs Per (tr.: ) *e&ture 'rs: )) *ab 'rs:Distribution Design: '+ ,ther 'rs:

Prepared By: Cara -to$$ar$

COURSE DESCRIPTION !as it ill appear in the &atalog"

%his &reative riting &ourse /o&uses on riting poetry an$ &ritiuing your &lassates poes. %hrough &loseeaination o/ o$ern an$ &onteporary poetry3 you ill begin to re&ognie eleents o/ &ra/t an$ /or an$use those te&hniues in your on ee5ly poes. %his &ourse ill also tea&h you the habits o/ using &on&rete3original3 &on&ise language as ell as the etiuette o/ being an integral eber o/ a or5shop6s5illstrans/erable to any &ollege &ourse that involves riting or &ollaboration.

PREREQUISITES: none

TEXTBOOK GUIDELINES:A Poets Companionby 7i $$oniio 9 Dorianne *au an$ sele&te$ poes.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able todemonstrate the following knowledge or skills.

1. +n$erstan$ the so&ial3 &ultural3 an$ eotional eaning; o/ o$ern an$ &onteporary poes2. #$enti/y literary $evi&es6eleents o/ &ra/t an$ /or as ell as or$ play or eperientation6in poes

an$ analye their e//e&ts$ language an$ intentional or$ &hoi&e3 paying attention to soni&s3 eter3 an$ or$

play?. +se graar3 synta3 an$ pun&tuation that a$heres to the &onventions o/ stan$ar$ ritten English an$

learn to brea5 those &onventions strategi&ally an$ intentionally as ell as ho to be &onsistent ith rulebrea5ing; ithin a single poe

@. #$enti/y &ultural $i//eren&e; an$ &lassi/y a variety huan eperien&esAnarratives a&&or$ing to their &ultural&ontets ith the goal o/ spea5ing an$ riting ith a nuan&e$ sensitivity to ulti&ulturalis

8. ,//er both ritten an$ oral /ee$ba&5 on peers poes that is ta&t/ul an$ generative3 ith attention tospe&i/i& poeti& te&hniues an$ the poets use o/ &on&rete language

B. evise poes ith attention to e&hanging abstra&t language /or &on&rete or$s3 honing the poes$ire&tion an$ unity o/ iagery3 as ell as ta5ing ris5sAillingness to ta5e ris5s

10. Develop an$ iprove habits o/ li/etie litera&y

GENERAL EDUCATION/RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES

1. -tu$ents ill be able to &ouni&ate &learly an$ e//e&tively.

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Criteria: 1.a. Deonstrates Clarity o/ #$eas 1.&. -ho Creative or Divergent %hin5ing 1.$. $here to &onventions o/ stan$ar$ ritten English 1.e. -our&es $here to CitationAe/eren&e Forats

2. -tu$ents ill be able to solve probles &obining an$ applying 5nole$ge /ro ultiple sour&es. 2.&. Dra logi&al &on&lusions 2.$. enerate ultiple an$ $iverse perspe&tives in trying to solve the proble

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