106-028 Writing Poetry

Note

Formerly available as 106-228/328. Students who have completed 106-228 or 106-328 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Special entry conditions apply. Students must consult the Department of English. This subject is not available to students who have completed 760-205 Poetry.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites, including completion of first year creative writing prerequisites.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2.5 hour seminar per week

Subject Description

In this subject students have the opportunity to develop their own poetry through workshop sessions, class discussions and submission of drafts. Over the course of the semester students will work on a number of poems, in different modes and forms, specifically through taking part in the writing workshop process. Students should also develop an awareness of the way in which the material presentation of their writing is significant.

Assessment

Class participation, and written work totalling 4000 words, being a selection of the student's own writing.

Prescribed Texts

  • J Leonard, New Music: An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry. Five Islands Press.


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