Courses need not be taken in sequence. Emphasis on student work, which is read and discussed in class and in individual conferences with the instructor. Regular, written criticism provided by both instructor and fellow students. Students required to work only in one genre, fiction or nonfiction. Hadas Experiment with a variety of poetic techniques using forms such as the sonnet, sestina, and villanelle as models.
Students read each other's work and receive critical evaluations from the instructor.
For specific subject matter in a given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. Individual study directed by a faculty member arranged for qualified students. Written permission from faculty member concerned and program director must be secured in preceding term. Heffernan A close study of Chaucer's poetry, especially the Canterbury Tales, and Troilus and Criseyde. A study of the major poets and prose writers of the Tudor and Elizabethan periods, including Wyatt, Surrey, Spenser, Sidney, More, Browne, and Hooker.