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Poetry/Prose Workshop

Creative Writing 201

Usual Description

The weekly reading and writing assignments in this intensive workshop will focus on poetry and short fiction. By the end of the term students will be expected to produce a substantial portfolio which will include work in both genres. Prerequisite and notes: Admission to this workshop requires a completed application with appropriate work sample. Applications should be submitted to the Creative Writing Program Office by 12 noon on the last day of classes. Check the program website for details.

Themes

Course Listings

These are all of the listings of this course recorded in the Oberlin course catalog since the fall of 2007.

Listing	Semester	Professor
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2017	Taught by Bernard Matambo or Sylvia Watanabe
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2016	Taught by Dan Chaon or Shane McCrae
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2015	Taught by Dan Chaon or Shane McCrae
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2015	Taught by Kazim Ali, Bernard Matambo, Azita Osanloo, or Sylvia Watanabe
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2014	Taught by Kazim Ali, Bernard Matambo, Azita Osanloo, or Sylvia Watanabe
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2014	Taught by Bernard Matambo or Sylvia Watanabe
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2013	Taught by Dan Chaon or Bernard Matambo
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2013	Taught by Bernard Matambo or Sylvia Watanabe
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2012	Taught by Dan Chaon or Lynn Powell
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2012	Taught by Pamela Alexander or Bernard Matambo
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2011	Taught by Dan Chaon or Lynn Powell
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2011	Taught by Bernard Matambo or Sylvia Watanabe
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2010	Taught by Dan Chaon
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2010	Taught by Pamela Alexander
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2009	Taught by Kazim Ali or Sylvia Watanabe
Creative Writing 201	Spring 2009	Taught by Pamela Alexander, Kazim Ali, or Bernard Matambo
Creative Writing 201	Fall 2008	Taught by Kazim Ali or Sylvia Watanabe

Related courses

Fiction Workshop

Course

Listed As	Creative Writing 320
Taught By	Dan Chaon Aubrey Hirsch Bernard Matambo Azita Osanloo Sylvia Watanabe
Themes	Fiction

Sylvia Watanabe

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Creative Writing
Courses Taught	Advanced Writing Project I - F Advanced Writing Project II Atomic Histories and Nuclear Nightmares Capstone Projects Seminar Fiction Workshop Image into Scene Modular Prose Narratives Nonfiction Workshop Poetry/Prose Workshop Practicum Reading for Writing Special Topics: the Novella Technique and Form in Fiction The Short Story Cycle
Thematic Interests	Fiction Nonfiction Short Story Cycles

Dan Chaon

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Creative Writing
Courses Taught	Advanced Writing Project I - F Advanced Writing Project II Capstone Projects Seminar Fiction Workshop Graphic Narrative Poetry/Prose Workshop Practicum Reading for Writing Screenwriting Workshop Writing for Film and Television
Thematic Interests	Comics Fiction Graphic Novels Novel Writing Screenwriting Short Stories Video Games

Between Lyric and Narrative: Transitional Prose Forms

Course

Listed As	Creative Writing 317
Taught By	Bernard Matambo
Themes	Free Verse Narrative Theory

Bernard Matambo

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Creative Writing
Courses Taught	Advanced Writing Project I - F Advanced Writing Project II Between Lyric and Narrative: Transitional Prose Forms Capstone Projects Seminar Fiction Workshop Form and Flexibility Nonfiction Workshop Poetry/Prose Workshop Practicum Reading for Writing Small Prose Forms Technique and Form in Fiction Technique and Form in Poetry The Writer in the World Writing Short Fiction
Thematic Interests	Poetry

Shane McCrae

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Creative Writing
Courses Taught	Advanced Poetry Workshop 2: Special Topics in Poetry Advanced Writing Project I - F Advanced Writing Project II Books Behaving Badly Capstone Projects Seminar Poetry/Prose Workshop Poetry Workshop Practicum Reading for Writing Technique and Form in Poetry

Small Prose Forms

Course

Listed As	Creative Writing 280
Taught By	Bernard Matambo Azita Osanloo Sara Schaff Janet Thielke
Themes	Creative Nonfiction Creative Writing Fiction Nonfiction

Poetry Workshop

Course

Listed As	Creative Writing 310
Taught By	Pamela Alexander Kazim Ali Shane McCrae Karyna McGlynn Lynn Powell
Themes	Poetry

Lynn Powell

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Creative Writing
Courses Taught	Advanced Writing Project I - F Capstone Projects Seminar Form and Flexibility Narrative Non-Fiction Nonfiction Workshop Poetry/Prose Workshop Poetry Workshop Practicum Reading for Writing Teaching Imaginative Writing Technique and Form in Poetry WITS Practicum Word & Image
Thematic Interests	Nonfiction Poetry

Kazim Ali

Faculty/staff member

Departments	Comparative Literature Creative Writing
Courses Taught	Advanced Poetry Workshop 2: Special Topics in Poetry Advanced Translation Workshop Performance, Collaboration, and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Poetry Poetry/Prose Workshop Poetry Workshop Practicum Technique and Form in Poetry Translation Workshop Translation Workshop
Languages	French (Advanced) Spanish (Intermediate) Urdu (Intermediate)
Thematic Interests	Asian American Literature Interdisciplinary Arts Islam Nonfiction Performance And Collaboration Poetry South Asian Culture And Religion Spirituality Yoga And Yoga Philosophy