17 October 2015 (Sat)
2.00pm - 6.00pm
Course Fee: $70.00
Eventbrite Registration Fee: $3.00
SYNOPSIS
Memoir Poetry can be a powerful tool of self-expression for children. It helps them introspect, look back at their own lives with fresh eyes and a new interest and at the same time remain true to themselves for as a genre Memoir Poetry does not demand paying allegiance to a particular poetic style or school of thought. The inherent flexibility of the genre allows a child to explore his imagination with few restraints and instils in him a confidence and a new motive for writing.
Using this as a basic premise, the workshop will allow teachers and facilitators to acquire the necessary tools and techniques for helping students improve their literary style and explore more creative ways of expressing themselves. Literary style can be defined as the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement which work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Understanding Memoir Poetry as a genre, distinguishing the classic from the contemporary.
- Basic skills of literary criticism (structural & contextual analysis, central idea & supporting details, inferences & conclusions)
- An introduction to a selected batch of Memoir Poetry from across the world (including post-colonial Asian literature)
- Working with students to put together the book of ideas
- Working with figures of speech, meter and rhyme
- Exercises for vocabulary enrichment
- Exploring various verse forms
- A practical session of writing Memoir Poetry
- Critique and reflection on the experience with special emphasis on reading skills for literary texts
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Registration Details
Kinokuniya Privilege Card Members
Kinokuniya Privilege card members can enjoy 10% off the workshop fee.
Please provide your membership number and workshop title to [email protected] for the discount code before online registration.
Minimum – Maximum Number of Participants: 10 – 25 pax
Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis and workshop fees must be paid before the workshop. If the minimum number of participants is not met for the class, the organisers will inform all participants about possible postponement and cancellation, two weeks before the workshop date.
Cancellation & Substitution
The workshop can be cancelled or postponed two weeks before the workshop date if the minimum number of participants is not met. Participants will be fully refunded for workshops cancelled by us.
Participants who are unable to attend a workshop they have registered for are to inform us of the reason two weeks before the workshop date. They will be fully refunded in the event of extenuating and mitigating circumstances (E.g. illness, bereavement, accidents) . Those who inform us up to five (5) working days before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. Participants can also attend another course at the same value within the same year.
Upon registration, you are deemed to have read and understood the cancellation, withdrawal and substitution policy and accept the terms contained therein.