| Course Title: Advanced Creative Writing Topics: 'Canny Valley: Writing from Art and Archives' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: This multi-genre creative writing course focuses on generating writing inspired by the area's art and archives. The class will visit collections including Sylvia Plath's archives at Smith, the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and Mount Holyoke College's own art museum and archives. Students will learn how to work with archival materials including original manuscripts, correspondence, recordings, and photos and will create writing in any genre spurred by the art and archives they interact with. Readings will include writings on ekphrasis or writing that responds to visual art. The class will also meet with curators and archivists to discuss aspects of working in these fields. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Anna Maria Hong | 413-538-2862 | ahong@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | ART - Art | 219 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-201. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NXMAP0001 | NXMAP: Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public History | This course is approved for the Museums, Archives, and Public History Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 12 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems Author: Plath, Sylvia Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780061558894 Publisher: Harper Perennial |
Required | 18.99 |
| Title: The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition Author: Franklin, Ralph Copyright: 2005 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0674018249 Publisher: Belknap |
Optional | 20.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: You must purchase one book for this course: Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems, as Plath poems are largely unavailable online. I recommend also buying a collection of Emily Dickinson poems, and you can find inexpensive copies of these titles at ThriftBooks, Bookshop.org, and Powells Bookstore among other places. |