MASTER COURSE OUTLINE DEPT: ENG
Big Bend Community College NO: 212
Date: May 2006
COURSE TITLE: CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
CIP Code: 23.0501 CREDITS: 5
Intent Code: 11 Total Contact Hours Per Qtr: 55
Program Code: N/A Lecture Hours Per Qtr: 55
Lab Hours Per Qtr:
Distribution Desig.: Humanities Other Hours Per Qtr:
PREPARED BY: Red Shuttleworth
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A course designed to increase creativity and writing skills in poetry. Emphasis is on analysis and writing of poetry in modern and contemporary forms
PREREQUISITE(S): ENG 101 or instructor approval
TEXT: Sleeping on the Wing, edited by Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell, The Logan House Anthology, edited by Trent Muth.
COURSE GOALS:
1. To encourage writing poetry on a regular basis.
2. To introduce students to a variety of modern and contemporary styles of poetry.
3. To give students a foundation for analyzing and evaluating poems.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Writing poetry in a variety of styles and forms corresponding to their analysis of modern and contemporary poets.
2. Analyze modern and contemporary forms of poetry for form, content, and aesthetics.
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE:
Week One: Course Introduction
Introduction to Poetry
Walt Whitman, Kay Boyle, Alien Ginsberg
Week Two: Student Poetry Analysis
InClass Exercises
Jack Gilbert, Arthur Rimbaud
Week Three: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
W. B. Yeats, Gertrude Stein
Week Four: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
Paul Zarzyski, Guillaume Apollinaire
Week Five: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
William Carlos Williams, D. H. Lawrence
Week Six: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
Ezra Pound, Linda Gregg
Week Seven: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
James Wright, V. Mayakowsky, E.E. Cummings
Week Eight: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
William Dickey, Franz Wright
Week Nine: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
John Ashberry, Gary Snyder
Week Ten: Student Poetry
InClass Assignments
Leroi Jones, Kenneth Koch
EVALUATION METHODS/GRADING PROCEDURES:
50% Weekly poetry assignments will be evaluated by the instructor on a three point grading scale.
30% Three tests will be given to evaluate comprehension of reading assignments and class discussions.
20% Class participation and inclass assignments.
PLANNED TEACHING METHODS/LEARNING STRATEGIES:
X Lecture Small Group Discussion Special Project
Laboratory X Audiovisual Other (List)
Supervised Clinical Individualized Instruction
Division Chairman Approval Date
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