Why just write poems when you can write better ones? This course is built on the notion that the most exciting writing begins after the first draft. It is specifically for folks who believe that writing poems just to express oneself is like using the Internet just for email. After all, poetry can change the way you and your readers think of the world and its inhabitants; it can break new ground for language; turn a blank sheet of paper into a teeming concert of voices and music.
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释放想象力：诗歌工作室
加州艺术学院
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完成时间大约为13 小时
建议：4-5 hours of lessons and assessments
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CalArts has earned an international reputation as the leading college of the visual and performing arts in the United States. Offering rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.
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完成时间为 1 小时
Introduction and the Poetic Line
Poetry orchestrates its music, arguments, tensions, and environment via arrangements of language into lines and stanzas. This week we’ll address the importance of the line break, perhaps the most conspicuous, signature tool in the poet’s toolkit. Do you break more for sound, for sense, visual effect, shape, a mix of several? We’ll participate in several line break exercises and remix found poems. Also: prepare for your first quiz and a fun first writing prompt.
完成时间为 1 小时
8 个视频 （总计 20 分钟）, 5 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
8 个视频
The Workshop Process3分钟
Workshopping in a MOOC, part 11分钟
The Starting Line4分钟
Rack ‘em Up: Gwendolyn Brooks' We Real Cool1分钟
We/Read Close. We/Take note. 4分钟
Game Over1分钟
Poetry Prompt 1: Line2分钟
5 个阅读材料
Syllabus5分钟
Workshopping in a MOOC, part 28分钟
Academic Integrity2分钟
Course Resources3分钟
Week 1 Summary8分钟
1 个练习
On the Line10分钟
完成时间为 1 小时
Abstraction and Image
Abstraction doesn’t mean “deep,” and image doesn’t mean “picture.” Images are typically understood as anything you can literally touch/taste/see/hear/smell, and abstractions are those things for which we have symbols (a clock for “time,” a heart for “love”) but no image. Abstractions and images may fill our poems, but how can you tell what’s what, and how can you leverage them to compelling ends? This week we’ll work at finding new symbols to replace clichéd ones for abstractions and we’ll work at crafting images that do more than add furniture to a poem, but create systems of relationships, moods, and even style.
完成时间为 1 小时
5 个视频 （总计 14 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
5 个视频
Beauty’s in the Eye of the Bewildered: Harryette Mullen's [if your complexion is a mess.]1分钟
The Wonky Chocolate Factory4分钟
Read in the Shade2分钟
Poetry Prompt 2: Abstraction & Image2分钟
1 个阅读材料
Week 2 Summary8分钟
1 个练习
Abstraction & Image10分钟
完成时间为 3 小时
Metaphor and Other Formulas of Difference
Most of us think of simile and metaphor, personification and other similar figures of speech as being about similarities between objects, concepts, and entities. But the juice in these formulas comes from how different the two things being compared seem to be. This is why writing: “the shark moved like a fish” is, alone, a lot less interesting than saying “the shark moved like a squad car.” We’ll talk about how playing with difference via juxtaposition can create a range of poetic effects. Then you’ll write a poem built of one robustly developed or several contrasting juxtapositions.
完成时间为 3 小时
5 个视频 （总计 18 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 2 个测验
5 个视频
Home Cooking: Victor Hernández Cruz's Red Beans1分钟
Lilies and Lava 4分钟
After Dinner Meant1分钟
Poetry Prompt 3: Metaphor2分钟
1 个阅读材料
Week 3 Summary8分钟
1 个练习
Metaphor10分钟
完成时间为 1 小时
Rhyme
This week we’ll explore how rhyme leverages patterns of sameness and how we can estrange similarity for compelling poetic effects. We’ll check out examples of “rhyme”—sonic, visual, conceptual—from outside of poetry too.
完成时间为 1 小时
5 个视频 （总计 14 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
5 个视频
There’s No “A” in Showdown: Cathy Park Hong's Ballad in A1分钟
Lipo-what?!5分钟
What That Was2分钟
Poetry Prompt 4: Rhyme1分钟
1 个阅读材料
Week 4 Summary8分钟
1 个练习
Rhyme10分钟
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来自释放想象力：诗歌工作室的热门评论
由 SM 提供Feb 12, 2017
This course truly opened my eyes on the importance of revision, I recommend this course not only for budding poets but even for those who have never attempted poetry. You will learn a great deal.
由 AR 提供Nov 1, 2015
I have learned so much and I love D's energy and the avid participation of the other students. Will definitely pass on what I've learned. Can't wait for more courses like this in the future! :)
由 JK 提供Aug 21, 2016
Wonderful, learning about writing poetry here is IT! I will always use this to go forward and once in a while come back to freshen up. Thank you, there's nothing else out there like this class!
由 AS 提供Aug 14, 2018
This course provides brilliant explanations delivered in an extremely entertaining manner and incredible prompts that make the process of writing poetry extremely amusing. I recommend it 100%.
由 LD 提供Mar 7, 2019
I appreciate the practicality of assignments and delivery of concepts for writing poetry. I learned some skills and it gave me structure. The conversation between students is less accessible.
由 GM 提供Jan 12, 2016
I loved it. I truly enjoyed my time through this course. Excellent teacher who knows his stuff. Thank-you for this writing and educational opportunity for me to jump-start my muse again.
由 SB 提供Oct 7, 2015
I enjoyed the class. The small corny bits in the videos made me feel at home, while the informative parts were very easy for me to understand. I'll likely revisit the class again later.
由 SB 提供Jan 8, 2020
Excellent course !! Previously I had never read or appreciated poetry much. This course has been an eye opener. The course is very well structure! And I learnt a lot from my peers too!
由 MS 提供Nov 1, 2019
I loved this course. It has expanded my vision for my own writing. I found it helpful to receive feedback from my peers. I now can go back to previous works and revise with confidence.
由 CL 提供Aug 8, 2016
Douglas Kearney is the best teacher I ever had. He really knows his stuff. His video lectures are so much fun to watch that I find myself wishing that his course would last forever.
由 MA 提供Apr 15, 2018
This was a brilliant course. Loved having to write poems for it. Loved the guy taking it. Just had trouble getting in to put assignments in and talk to people. Otherwise I loved it.
由 MI 提供Mar 18, 2020
Sharpened visions was a wonderful course. Thanks to the mentors who worked behind it. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. a must do course who wants to be a poet.
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