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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

LITT 251 Poetry Workshop for Non-Majors

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course

Students’ poems are discussed, criticized, revised, and improved. Principles governing the decision to change a poem in various ways, the study of poems by American and English poets, the reading of some criticism, and concentration on the basic principles of craft are all included. Theories involve sound, content, meaning, and purpose of student poems and of poetry in general. The poet’s sense of an audience also figures in the discussion.

Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112

Not open to Creative Writing majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.