ENGL 496 - Topics in Poetry

4 Hour(s) Credit
Deeply engage with contemporary poetry and its trends, produce publishable work and become fluent in the language of contemporary poetry broadly and in one particular aspect of that conversation specifically. Read some of the classic poems online and, through four monograph books, explore the range of technique in the contemporary collections. Explore advanced poetry techniques and gain a critical understanding of the important aspects of the discourse of contemporary poetry. Learn how to initiate, develop and complete a marketable project and become extremely well versed in one particularly important technique or topic.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 416 or ENGL 498 or approval of instructor.
May be taken twice for credit with different topics.