Monday 5 March: Emotion and sentimentality (journal prompts for the week)
Tuesday 6 March: Bring a poem to class and argue for emotion or sentimentality Wednesday 7 March: More poems to evaluate with distillation of tenets on this subject Thursday 8 March: In-class writing: Emotion and sentimentality Friday 9 March: Journals due (3): Three poems and evaluation according to our standards Monday 12 March: Return to ekphrasis Tuesday 13 March: Considerations of form and ekphrasis Wednesday 14 March: The role of description and close observation; the volta Thursday 15 March: Field Trip to National Gallery for Ekphrastic poetry Friday 16 March: Journals due (3 entries, discussions of ekphrastic examples); discuss drafting from field trip Monday 19 March: Diction: Register, precision, and density; "The Knight, Death, and the Devil": Ekphrasis and Diction Tuesday 20 March: Reading due (pp. 121-131) Wednesday 21 March: Snow Day! Thursday 22 March: Draft of poem due; conferences and workday Friday 23 March: Journals due (3 drafts toward ekphrastic poem) Monday 26 March: No class; Gala practice! Tuesday 27 March: Reading due (pp. 131-143) Wednesday 28 March: Final poem due Easter Break! Look ahead to April: Opportunity to see The Winter's Tale on Tuesday, April 10 at the Folger (7:30 p.m.) Open mic at the Writer's Center in Bethesda on Friday, April 13 (extra lucky) (7-9 p.m.) (extra credit); |