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		The University of Oregon Catalog and the current schedule of courses are both available online. Fall 2006 \| Winter 2007 \| Spring 2007 Summer 2007 FALL 2006 CRWR 230: Introduction to Poetry Writing Introduction to forms and techniques of writing poetry. Prerequisite: WR 121 or equivalent. Brown, Rader, Young CRWR 240: Introduction to Fiction Writing Introduction to forms and techniques of writing fiction. Prerequisite: WR 121 or equivalent. Fleming, Jones, Kepka CRWR 336: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Using published essays as models--memoir, profile, personal essay, landscape narrative, among others--students will generate their own narratives, utilizing the techniques of fiction and poetry to explore the connection between the personal (the I's experience) and the universal (what it means to be human). Prerequisite: Intro Course in Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, OR Poetry. Drummond CRWR 340: Intermediate Fiction Writing Intermediate-level study of fiction writing. Prerequisite: CRWR 240 or equivalent with a grade of mid-B or better. Havazelet CRWR 417: Kidd Tutorial I This is Section 1 of a three part intensive, yearlong study of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. This includes development, completion, and presentation of an individual line-of-inquiry project. Admission is by application only. Prerequisite: CRWR 330 or 336 or 340 with a grade of mid-B or better. Dalton, Garcia-Roberts, Johnson, Simmons, Watson, Ward CRWR 607: Fiction Seminar - Chekhov This is a graduate workshop for MFA students only. Attendance is mandatory, informed participation in discussion crucial. Chekhov is considered by most to be the father of the short story, by many of its greatest masters. In this seminar, particular attention to matters of craft and form will be paid to the various stories and play read. Attention will be paid to how Chekhov, while inventing many of the techniques of the modern short story (and play) constructed his books. Open to Graduate students throughout the University. Havazelet CRWR 635: MFA Poetry Workshop Concentration on student writing in a workshop setting. Open only to MFA students admitted to the Creative Writing Program in Poetry. Laux CRWR 645: MFA Fiction Workshop Concentration on student writing in a workshop setting. Open only to MFA students admitted to the Creative Writing Program in Fiction. Emmons WINTER 2007 CRWR 230: Introduction to Poetry Writing Introduction to forms and techniques of writing poetry. Prerequisite: WR 121 or equivalent. Brown, Rader, Young CRWR 240: Introduction to Fiction Writing Introduction to forms and techniques of writing fiction. Prerequisite: WR 121 or equivalent. Fleming, Jones, Kepka CRWR 330: Intermediate Poetry Writing Intermediate-level study of poetry writing. Prerequisite: CRWR 230 or equivalent with a grade of mid-B or better. Hongo CRWR 418: Kidd Tutorial II This is Section 2 of a three part intensive, yearlong study of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. This includes development, completion, and presentation of an individual line-of-inquiry project. Admission is by application only. Prerequisite: CRWR 417. Dalton, Garcia-Roberts, Johnson, Simmons, Watson, Ward CRWR 607: Seminar of Craft - Memoir This is a graduate workshop for MFA students only. Attendance is mandatory, informed participation in discussion crucial. An examination and exploration of memory in narrative form--the author's experience--utilizing the techniques of fiction and poetry. Texts will include Charles Baxter's anthology The Business of Memory, the online journal Brevity, and selected works from, among others, Augustine, Sei Shonagon, Woolf, Orwell, McCarthy, Pham, and Baldwin. Some exercises, two personal narratives, one presentation on an author/memoir. Drummond CRWR 635: MFA Poetry Workshop Concentration on student writing in a workshop setting. Open only to MFA students admitted to the Creative Writing Program in Poetry. Hongo CRWR 645: MFA Fiction Workshop Concentration on student writing in a workshop setting. Open only to MFA students admitted to the Creative Writing Program in Fiction. Havazelet SPRING 2007 CRWR 230: Introduction to Poetry Writing Introduction to forms and techniques of writing poetry. Prerequisite: WR 121 or equivalent. Brown, Rader, Young CRWR 240: Introduction to Fiction Writing Introduction to forms and techniques of writing fiction. Prerequisite: WR 121 or equivalent. Fleming, Jones, Kepka CRWR 407: Seminar – Deconstructing Style: Words, Sentences, the Atomic Particles of Fiction This seminar will examine the “micro” elements of fiction – words and sentences – in an effort to understand what constitutes a writer’s style. Each week a short excerpt will be analyzed, focusing on questions of diction, syntax, etymology, rhetoric, rhythm, punctuation, etc. Some writing exercises and memorization will be required. The goal of the course is to help students think more deeply about the writing choices they make. Prerequisite: instructor’s consent. Emmons CRWR 410: Memoir & Personal Essay (Fiction) Workshop-format course focused on memoir and personal essay. Prerequisite: CRWR 336 or instructor permission. Drummond CRWR 419: Kidd Tutorial III This is the final section of a three part intensive, yearlong study of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. This includes development, completion, and presentation of an individual line-of-inquiry project. Admission is by application only. Prerequisite: CRWR 417. Dalton, Garcia-Roberts, Johnson, Simmons, Watson, Ward CRWR 435/535: Advanced Poetry Writing Advanced workshop in the writing of poetry. Open to graduate students not admitted to the Creative Writing Program. Prerequisite: CRWR 330 or equivalent with a grade of mid-B or better. Laux CRWR 445/545: Advanced Fiction Writing Advanced workshop in the writing of fiction. Open to graduate students not admitted to the Creative Writing Program. Prerequisite: CRWR 330 or equivalent with a grade of mid-B or better. Havazelet CRWR 607: Seminar – Poetic Genres and the Long Poem This is a graduate workshop for MFA students only. Attendance is mandatory, informed participation in discussion crucial. Prerequisite: instructor’s consent. Hongo CRWR 635: MFA Poetry Workshop Concentration on student writing in a workshop setting. Open only to MFA students admitted to the Creative Writing Program in Poetry. Millar CRWR 645: MFA Fiction Workshop Concentration on student writing in a workshop setting. Open only to MFA students admitted to the Creative Writing Program in Fiction. Drummond Return to top




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