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ENG 105 - Creative Writing


Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours

Prerequisites: ENG 101  

 
Description
This is a course designed for beginning creative writers. The course will explore the technical devices and elements of craft in at least two of the following genres: short fiction, poetry and drama. Students will apply the elements of craft to their own writing and their classmates writing through workshops.


Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Apply critical reading techniques to the analysis of published short stories, poems and drama.
  2. Apply the writing process to creative writing situations.
  3. Employ the technical devices and elements of craft to analyze their own and their classmates’ creative writing.
  4. Apply the conventions of short story, poetic, and drama to writing.
  5. Develop and apply criteria for literary writing.
Listed Topics
  1. Development and revision strategies
  2. Literary analysis of short stories, poetry, and drama
  3. Literary writing expectations
  4. Elements of craft and style
  5. Technical devices
  6. Conventions of the short story, poem, and play
  7. Manuscript form
  8. Workshop response
Reference Materials
Current recognized texts, handouts, videos, study sheets, Internet resources and multi-media.
Approved By: Sutin, Stewart Date Approved: 12/13/2006


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