Learning to write memoir poetry (for primary school teachers and parents)

Course details

Memoir Poetry can be a powerful tool of self-expression for children. 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. The workshop would aim to equip adults who work with children with the necessary tools for appreciating and writing memoir poetry. Going beyond that it would provide a window to the beauty of poetic thought and poetic expression which is necessarily concise, distilled and carefully constructed.


Aims

A basic understanding of the figures of speech which are 'child friendly' and help to enrich the writing of young poets.
Meter and rhyme their importance at this stage
Understanding memoir poetry as a genre, distinguishing the classic from the contemporary
An introduction to a selected batch of memoir poetry from across the world (including post-colonial Asian literature)
A practical session of writing memoir poetry
Critique and reflection on the experienceABOUT THE TRAINER: NILANJANA SENGUPTA
Nilanjana Sengupta
Born in Kolkata, India, Nilanjana studied humanities at the Presidency College and holds a master's degree in business management. She worked as a free-lance journalist in Mumbai, writing for the Times of India and Hindustan Times. Since 2010, she has lived in Singapore. While writing A Gentleman's Word: The Legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia, she was Visiting Research Fellow at ISEAS, Singapore. Now she is a Visiting Scholar, Asia Research Institute, NUS.

Her first publication was A Gentleman's Word: The Legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia, first published by ISEAS, Singapore in 2012 and then by the Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Her second book, The Female Voice of Myanmar: Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi is to be published again by the Cambridge University Press in 2015.

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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 of workshop, two weeks before the workshop date.

All ALAP workshops serve tea-breaks and provide course handouts.

Cancellation & Substitution
Fees paid are non-refundable but transferable. Fees will be refunded in the event of a cancellation of workshop if participant wishes not to transfer the fees which have been paid to another workshop Requests for cancellation must be made two weeks before the workshop date. A cancellation charge of 50% of the full course fee will be applicable for requests made later than two weeks before the workshop date. Upon registration, you are deemed to have read and understood the registration procedures and accepted the terms contained therein