Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
forward to and enjoy. Arrive on time and always expect to work until the end of the class period. Our
meeting time is short and (even if it is right before lunch) we will use all of it, every day.
Grading____________________________________________________________________________
-30% preparation and participation
-20% reading journal
-10% poems in progress
-20% presentation
-20% portfolio
Assignments__________________________________________________________________________
Poems
You will draft numerous poems and submit 9 of them to the class. You will exhaustively revise these 9,
first guided by workshop feedback, then on your own. For each workshop session, submit 2 poems,
arranged in order of preference (so that we are sure to discuss the work that is most important to you).
Two topics on which to focus each set of poems are suggested in the syllabus and will be discussed in
class.
Reading Journal
You will be expected to articulate your analysis of assigned readings in critical writings turned in every
time the class meets. These informal papers of at least 2 pages should respond to aspects of craft (not
qualitative, personal opinion, summary, or explication of theme). Focus in extreme detail on elements of
craft such as syntax, diction, image, metaphor, the line, stanza, form, etc. I will post thinking prompts
and hints on which poems well focus on in class discussionin the online classroom each week, so be
sure to visit (and contribute to) that forum. Examples of successful journals are also available in the
online classroom.
Workshop Feedback
If you do not bring copies of your poems to class when they are due, you cannot expect us to respond to
work distributed through email or to mail boxes. Your piece will not be discussed and your grade will
suffer.
To prepare for workshop, you must write detailed commentary on every poem in advance. All workshop
comments must be coherent, constructive, and fully articulated. I will collect copies of your feedback to
assess your preparedness, so bring a copy for me. You may either type your comments and print two
copies or write on the poem itself, if you do so legibly, and make a photocopy for me.
Portfolio
The final portfolio will contain a letter and revised, final versions of at least 5 of your poems. Each poem
must be accompanied by earlier drafts, demonstrating the steps in revision through which you have taken
the work. The letter will guide me through the portfolio, describing the progress youve made.
Save each version of each piece you write. (Dont save changes over your old versions.) Keep and back
up the files. You will need to refer back to the versions to create your portfolio. You are responsible for
continually working, under your own direction, on revisions throughout the semester. Only you can be
sure you are pacing yourself appropriately to complete your portfolio.
Mid-semester, we will devote a day of class to exploring and understanding the portfolio and presentation
assignments.
Participation
Everyone must participate in discussion. Thorough preparation for discussion and workshop are essential
to an interactive class like ours. If you have trouble talking in groups, see me. You will not receive credit
for attendance if you are not prepared. Neither will you receive credit if I see you texting or using your
phone in class. Lets make our class engaging enough that no ones mind is elsewhere.
In-class writing prompts and activities are required. Be certain to bring your texts with you to every class
this is a part of participation.
Attendance____________________________________________________________________
Your attendance is expected at every class session. However, to accommodate illness and other issues,
you may miss as many as 3 classes, if necessary. I do not accept sick notes; 3 absences are allowed,
regardless of the cause. You should schedule work and medical and other appointments for hours when
you are not in class. Lateness or early departure is equivalent to absence. Absences in excess of 3 will
reduce your final grade by 1 letter. Miss 6 or more classes and you will fail the course. Know that in
every case you are responsible for missed work and assignments that are due.
If weather makes it unsafe to travel to campus and we cannot hold class, I will try to keep the course on
schedule by emailing information and activities to your university email account. You are responsible for
accessing your account and completing the assignments by the time the class meets again.
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism______________________________________________________
Plagiarism is unacceptable. If you plagiarize, you will receive a failing grade for the course, and may
receive a notation of a violation of academic integrity on your transcript (F!), and be suspended from the
University. Properly cite sources in all your work. Any content submitted without citation is assumed to
be your original work. Plagiarism includes copying words and phrases and presenting ideas or text from
published sources, websites, friends or other students, and elsewhere as your own. If you have questions
about plagiarism, always err on the side of caution, ask me, or consult Academic Integrity resources.
Accommodations_______________
_____________________________________
Students who need special accommodations should contact Student Disability Services to determine
appropriate strategies and resources. Please notify me of the support services identified for you and
provide relevant documentation within the first week of class.
Course Prospectus
The prospectus is subject to change. I will notify you of any changes. Exercises not included on this
prospectus will often be assigned in class. They will be due when the next class meets.
Date
Class
Assignments
Reading
(due at the
(to be completed before class meets to
beginning of class discuss them on the date listed)
on the date listed)
Week 1
Jan. 12
Welcome
Jan. 14
What is regional
writing?
Jan. 16
Naming
-Intro to your
hometown
writing exercise
-List of
associations with
places we are
studying
-Critical response
Week 2
Jan. 19
Zagajewski
-Critical response
Jan. 21
Wright
-Critical response
Jan. 23
Intro to Polish
culture
Week 3
Jan. 26
Zagajewski
continued
evolving style
-Critical response
Jan. 28
Razewicz
Jan. 30
Workshop
-Poem 1 & 2:
Place Names and
The Unsaid
-Comments for
workshop
Week 4
Feb. 2
Syzmborska
-Critical response
-Critical response
Feb. 6
Syzmborska
continuedissues in
translation
Workshop
Week 5
Feb. 9
Herbert
-Critical response
Feb. 4
-Comments for
workshop
-Herbert section from Postwar Polish
Feb. 11
Herbert
Feb. 12
Workshop
Week 6
Feb. 16
Swir
-Critical response
Feb. 18
Swir
-Critical response
Feb. 20
Workshop
-Comments for
workshop
Week 7
Feb. 23
Wat
-Critical response
Feb. 25
Milosz
Feb. 27
Workshop
-Poem 4 & 5:
Landscape and
Houses
-Critical response
-Comments for
workshop
Week 8
Mar. 2
-Revisions of all
poems submitted
so far
-Critical response
-Comments for
workshop
-Questions and
comments for the
visitor
Mar. 4
Mar. 6
Small group
workshop
Visiting Poet:
Allison Hedge Coke
-Poems 2 & 3:
History and
Politics
-Critical response
-Comments for
workshop
Poetry
through page 129
-Herbert section from Postwar Polish
Poetry
through page 149
Week 9
Mar.9
Final project
discussion:
This LandHow
We Write
Oklahoma
Mar. 11 Intro to Southern
Culture
Mar.
Lookouts
13
BREAK MARCH 16-20
American South
TERM 2
Date
Class
Week 11
Mar. 23 Tar Heel
Mar. 25
Critters
Mar. 27
Workshop
Week 12
Mar. 30 Volunteersand
Bluegrass
Apr. 1
Bayou and the Lone
Star
Apr. 3
Workshop
Week 13
Apr. 6
A Cloud of Witnesses
Apr. 8
Apr. 10
Yellowhammer,
Magnolia, and the
Natural State
Workshop
Week 14
Apr. 13 Mountains and the
Old Dominion
Apr. 20 Sunshine and
Peaches
Small group
workshop
Week 15
Apr. 27 Oklahoma poet
presentations
Apr. 29
Oklahoma poet
Assignments
(due at the
beginning of
class on the
date listed)
Reading
(to be completed before class meets to
discuss them on the date listed)
-Critical
response
-Poems 6 and 7:
Speech and
Music
-Critical
response
-Comments for
workshop
-Critical
response
-Critical
response
-Comments for
workshop
-Critical
response
-Poems 8 and 9:
Cuisine and
Customs
-Comments for
workshop
-Critical
response
-Critical
response
-Revised poems
for small group
workshop
-Comments for
workshop
***Final
Portfolio***
Apr. 31
presentation
Oklahoma poet
presentations