ENGLISH 192V:
The Occasions of Poetry
Taught by the Mohr Visiting Poet. Prerequisite: 92. By application. Permission number required to enroll.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 20 units total)
2023-2024 Spring
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ENGLISH 192V |
5 units |
UG Reqs: None |
Class #
14461
|
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
SEM |
Session: 2023-2024 Spring 1
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 11 / 15
04/01/2024 - 06/05/2024 Tue 1:30 PM - 4:20 PM at 240-101 with Sze, A. (PI)
Instructors: Sze, A. (PI)
Notes: Prerequisite: Introductory poetry course. Students must submit an application to be considered for enrollment. If selected for enrollment, students must attend the first class meeting to retain their roster spot. If not selected for enrollment/waitlist but still interested in the course, please refrain from attending the first class meeting. Email dhuligan@stanford.edu to inquire about enrollment availability. Taught by Arthur Sze in Spring 23-24. We will explore a wide range of possibilities as we practice and develop the craft of writing poems. We will experiment through suggested (not required) weekly writing prompts that draw on ekphrastics, astronomy, translation (knowledge of a foreign language is not required), Asian poetic forms, diction and voice, simultaneity, prose poems, letter poems, and eventually will consider the rich, varied possibilities of the contemporary poetic sequence. We will use one book-length poem as a common text, and additional reading and research will include many other sources. The workshop format will involve a close reading of each student?s poems and will also use discussion as a vehicle to consider larger, deeper poetic issues at stake. I hope it will be an exciting journey as we take risks with language and encourage, support, and inspire each other to develop as poets.