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DIGITAL POETICS RESEARCH PAPER/PROJECT HANDOUT 1

OVERVIEW: POETICS RESEARCH PAPER OR PROJECT (30%)

The Poetics Research Paper or Project is your contribution to our investigation into digital poetics in this class. You may choose to write a research paper or to complete a research project. In either case, the work will be incremental and recursive. You should choose your topic by Spring Break.

PRELIMINARY DEADLINES FOR THIS PAPER/PROJECT

• research question (due 3/22 for Thurs class, 4/4 for Wed class)
• key examples (due 4/5 for Thurs class, 4/11 for Wed class)
• class presentation (weeks 9, 10, 11).

TOPICS

Topics may include close study of the practice of any individual poet or group; investigation of any driving question; or granularly informed speculation about any key issue.

FORMATTING

Poetics Research Papers should be impeccably presented, with

• specific and functional title
• first paragraph outlining focus, relevance, examples, and structure of the paper
• thoughtfully selected examples
• works cited page.

Poetics Research Projects may take any archivable form but must include the following elements

• short Project Description, with project title, media, duration, and date
• one-page Project Statement
• project files uploaded in organized form to Google Drive project folder.

FINAL PRESENTATIONS

All students will make 20-minute presentations of their work Weeks Nine through Eleven. Work should be revised before final uploading on Liberal Arts Exam Day.