COURSE DESCRIPTION
Dates
2025: Upon Request
2026: Upon Request
Intro
This week-long course is a practical introduction to creative writing in poetry. The course will consist of taught seminars covering ways to develop a reflective writing practice followed by workshopping of participants’ work.
The course consists of a series of collaborative and individual exercises as well as connected readings and analysis in a range of poetic approaches, styles and techniques. The course is designed to help develop not only essential aspects of the poet’s craft but also to widen the horizons of what a poem might look like and what it might be able to do. The course will explore, through practice and reflection, trends and developments in a range of poetic texts, introducing participants to issues, techniques and contexts of contemporary poetry.
This course aims to develop skills in creative writing practices, in critical reading and analysis and in research practices relevant to poets.
Participants will write and workshop their poems in a welcoming, stimulating context.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course will include the following:
– Creative writing techniques
– Building up a poem: Find your own words
– Integrate creative writing in your school syllabus
– Implement new methodologies in the classroom
– Provide students with resources to reach their maximum potential
– Use non-traditional methodologies to analyze texts
– Engage students in reading and writing and in deep analysis and understanding of the content
– Encourage your students to research on their own feelings and needs
– Help them appreciate and enjoy literature and poetry form of expression
– Improve your own communicative skills and self-expression
Course requirements: Attendees should at least be at B1 level of English.
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Destination:
Corfu is a beautiful green island, which enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate. Corfu is a very popular tourist destination. Up until the early 20th century, it was mainly visited by the European royals and elites. It is still popular with the global elite. The island’s history is laden with battles and conquests. Corfu was long controlled by Venice and repulsed several Turkish sieges, before falling under British rule following the Napoleonic Wars. Corfu was eventually ceded by the British Empire along with the remaining islands of the United States of the Ionian Islands, and unification with modern Greece was concluded in 1864 under the Treaty of London. Corfu is renowned for its long tradition and rich culture which is unlike any other Greek island. In 2007, the city’s old city was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here you will also discover a compact world of beautiful beaches and stunning mountain peaks, ancient ruins and picturesque villages. There is something for everyone on the island, whether you prefer peace and quiet or a lively cosmopolitan destination.
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Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 1 week
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 15
- Assessments Yes