Eng 204 Syllabus, Schedule, Assignments, and Readings

• Eng 204 Syllabus--Fall 2005

Unit 1-Writing Poetry

• Schedule for Eng 204, Unit 1-Writing Poetry--Fall 2005 (Subject to Change)
• Eng 204 Poetry Writing Assignments--Fall 2005 (Subject to Change)
• Eng 204 Guidelines for Commentaries on Poems--Fall 2005 (Subject to Change)
• Eng 204 Unit 1 Portfolio: Checklist of Poetry Assignments (Fall 2005; Subject to Change)
• Eng 204 Unit 1 Annotating Your Portfolio Poems (Fall 2005)

Unit 1-Readings: Elements of Poetry

• 1. What is Poetry?
• 2. Poet's Stance
• 3. Words and Images
• 4. Figurative Language
• 5. Complex Meanings
• 6. Structural Elements
• 7. Sound Patterns and Techniques

Unit 1-Poems

• Poems of Identity and Ancestry
• Poems that Praise
• Poems that Blame
• Confessional Poems
• Poems Expressing Sadness
• Poems Expressing Hope
• Poems that Warn

• Schedule for Unit 2-Telling a Good Story--Fall 2005 (Subject to Change)
• Eng 204 Story Writing Assignments--Fall 2005 (Subject to Change)
• Eng 204 Guidelines for Commentaries on Stories--Fall 2005 (Subject to Change)
• Unit 2 Portfolio: Checklist of Story Assignments (Fall 2005; Subject to Change)

Unit 2 Readings-Elements of Story Telling

Unit 2-Stories

• One of These Days by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia
• Kahalaopuna by Emma Nakuina, Hawai'i
• Of Eel and Sea Cucumber by Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawai'i
• Disappearing by Monica Woods, USA
• At the River by Patricia Grace, Maori-New Zealand
• On Hope by Spenser Holst, USA
• Ship of Dreams by Rodney Morales, Hawai'i
• Cane Fire by Naoto Nakashima, Hawai'i
• The Blue Jar by Isak Dinesan, Denmark
• Up in the Tree by Yasunari Kawabata, Japan
• Tancredi by Barbara Alberti, Italy
• Thunder in Autumn by Yasunari Kawabata, Japan