This course involves intense reading, creative writing and discussion. The course will entail practices and studies of the form, craft, and theory of various genres. Topics may include: Women's Politics--Ancient to Contemporary. Multicultural Poetics. Problems of Adaptation, Poetry, Personae, and Author, Studies in Manuscript Development, Studies in Short Fiction, Literature and Translation, and Political Poetry. Prerequisites: Completion of one workshop sequence (Beginning , Intermediate and Advanced Workshop) in at least one genre. (F)