Creative Writing: Poetics (WRIT2100)
School of English, Media Studies and Art History (EMSAH) - University of Queensland
Semester 2 / 2007

Texts

A Poetry Handbook!$!Oliver, Mary!$! San Diego!$!Harcout!$!1994
y separately published work icon The Best Australian Poetry 2006 Judith Beveridge (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006 Z1304971 2006 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units)

'In making her selection of the best 40 poems from Australia’s literary journals, Beveridge – one of Australia’s leading poets – has searched for poems that enact ‘a serious showdown between the word and the poet’. Passionate, vigorous and filled with visitations and mysterious narratives, The Best Australian Poetry 2006 is the liveliest gathering of Australian poetry. '  (Publication summary)

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts

Description

Creative Writing: Poetics is an introductory creative writing course that offers you the opportunity to cultivate your understanding and appreciation of poetry, toget acquainted with some of Australia's best contemporary poets and to learn about the publishing industry. It also offers you the opportunity to hone your poetry writing skills through inspiring workshop exercises, readings and discussions led by expert poets, editors and scholars. This course is ideal for anyone who is interested in language and how words can be used in innovative, precise, intense and musical ways: poets, prose writers, lyricists and poetry scholars. No prior experience is necessary.

Assessment

Online Survey

1%

Workshop attendance and participation

10%

Portfolio - Essay and exercise

30%

Online - Terminology Test

9%

Poem Portfolio

50%

Supplementary Texts

Porter, Peter (ed), The Best Australian Poetry 2005. St Lucia, UQP: 2005.

Brogan, TVF, ed. The New Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1994.

Pretty, Ron. Creating Poetry. Caulfield, Edward Arnold: 1994.

The Explicator. Columbia, S.C. : U of South Carolina.

Other Details

Offered in: 2006
Current Campus: St Lucia
Levels: Undergraduate
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