KIKS1203 Writing Studies Workshop III (5 cr)

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This course is on poetry. We perform some exercises on writing and receive feedback from other students and teachers. The language of instruction is English, but students may also write their texts in Finnish. Vesa Lahti assists at Jurate Sucylaite`s and Marta Arnaldi`s lessons.
We have three poets/teachers of writing:
Jurate Sucylaite (fiction writer, poet, Lithuania; born 1959 Panevezys) began writing and publishing her prose and poetry at a very early age. Her first novel was published in a state magazine when she was 17; around the same time she was one of the winners of the Soviet Union's children's literature competition. In medical school, she was an active participant in the movement of Lithuanian medical poets. In addition to working as a psychiatrist, Dr. Sucylaite currently works as a member of the Lithuanian Writers' Union and publishes her work in many magazines and newspapers. She first published a book of essays in 1990, followed by three poetry books, in 1992, 1994 and 1996.
Marta Arnaldi (Sanremo 1985) 2014–2018: DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages University of Oxford, Magdalen College). Current Appointments: 2017-2021: Stipendiary Lecturer in Italian, St Anne's College, University of Oxford. 2019-2021: Laming Junior Fellow, The Queen's College, University of Oxford. She has been a member of the editorial board for the review Quaderni Borromaici since April 2015. In addition to articles on Francesco Biamonti, Giovanni Pascoli and Ignazio Silone, she has published short stories and a piece for theatre. Her collection of poems Itaca (Milan: Montedit, 2016) won the 2015 Jacques Prévert International Literary Prize (third place) and the 2016 Elena Violani Landi Prize, Centro di Poesia Contemporanea, University of Bologna (first place).
Vesa Lahti (Jyväskylä 1954) Graduated from the writing program of the University of Jyväskylä in 2005. He has taught writing at the Orivesi College and translation at the University of Jyväskylä. At the moment he is writing his doctoral dissertation about teaching translation at the University of Jyväskylä. In 2012-2013 he acted as a producer for The Writers` Union of Central Finland. He has also worked for the Arts Promotion Centre Finland as a regional artist of literature in Central Finland 2014-2017. He has published three collections of poems.
Validating the course “Writing Poetry”:
1. Active attendance of at least five lessons out of the module’s seven lessons.
2. After the lectures writing a 5-10-page essay, which is expected to include a learning diary of the course’s lectures and an essay about James Longenbach’s work How poems get made (2018). The essay is to be submitted to Tuomo Lahdelma by 18.5. (lahdelma@jyu.fi)
For more information please contact:
Tuomo Lahdelma
tuomo.v.k.lahdelma@jyu.fi
Vesa Lahti
velahti@student.jyu.fi