EGL 242 - Experimental Writing Workshop

Course Units: 1

Experimental writing explores language as a medium in unexpected and often surprising ways. This course will focus primarily on poetry, though poetry defined somewhat broadly, including mixed media, visual, and prose poetry. We’ll read a variety of experimental texts, using them as launch points for our own experimental writing practices. This generative workshop will focus on the creation of new work using experimental techniques, while learning to engage deeply in reflective reading practices with each other’s work. We’ll experiment with constraint, computational poetry, hybrid and mixed media poetry, and generally be open to as many processes and approaches as we can. The goals of our workshop time, and our readings, will be to encourage you to develop new modes, skills, and techniques for writing creatively. Prerequisite(s): One 100-level English course or a score of 5 on the AP English Language or Literature and Composition test. CC: HUL, HUM, WAC, JCAD