Ekphrastic Prose

Goal:
Write an ekphrastic text in response to an image of the animal you are studying.

Objective:
Learn to recognize and engage with the rhetoric of representation (both your own and that of others) as a part of the creative process.

Formal Requirements

  • Length: no longer than two pages, typed.
  • Must be in response to someone else’s image of the animal, not your own.
  • Can be any form, including prose.

Formatting Requirements

  • Include your name, group (“Chipmunk” or “Swallow”), animal, and the date.
  • This poem will become a part of your Animal Book, where it may be written longhand.
  • For the Animal Book, you will need a color reproduction of the image, along with proper citation.

Submission Guidelines

  • Due Monday of Week 4 by 4pm.
  • Share image and text with small peer critique group via Moodle forum.
  • Bring 2 hardcopies of your own work (include image and text) to class on Tuesday for Peer Critique. Color reproduction not required.
  • Bring hardcopies of each small peer critique group member’s work (2-3 pieces) to class on Tuesday, with comments.

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