Intermediate Fiction Writing

A writer’s workshop that focuses on sharpening and expanding each student’s fiction writing skills, as well as broadening and deepening their understanding of the short and long-form work. Exercises concentrate on generative writing using a range of techniques to feed one's fictional imagination. Students analyze and discuss each other's stories, and examine the writings of established authors. May be repeated. Prerequisite: ENG 125 or ENG 204, or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 12.

Beginning Poetry Writing

This workshop offers students a foundation in the fundamentals of poetic form through close reading of poetry from a variety of time periods and poetic traditions. It is intended for anyone who wishes to deepen their understanding of poetry. Students write their own poems and share their work with the class. Through exploration of the form of poetry, students understand the ways in which formal choices create the ineffable effects of art. Students expand their abilities as writers and as readers, and develop a writing process.

Beginning Fiction

In this creative writing course, students learn the techniques and craft concepts fundamental to fiction writing. Through short generative exercises and longer prompt-driven stories, students develop their fiction-writing skills and expand their imaginative dexterity. Special emphasis is placed on the practice of “reading like a writer” via the careful analysis of diverse works of contemporary fiction. Collaborative workshops support students through the revision process. Enrollment limited to 15.

Beginning Fiction

In this creative writing course, students learn the techniques and craft concepts fundamental to fiction writing. Through short generative exercises and longer prompt-driven stories, students develop their fiction-writing skills and expand their imaginative dexterity. Special emphasis is placed on the practice of “reading like a writer” via the careful analysis of diverse works of contemporary fiction. Collaborative workshops support students through the revision process. Enrollment limited to 15.

Western Classics-Translatn I

Offered as ENG 202 and WLT 202. Considers works of literature, mostly from the ancient world, that have had a significant influence over time. May include: epics by Homer and Virgil; tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; Plato’s Symposium; Dante’s Divine Comedy. Enrollment limited to 20.

English Literary Tradition I

A selection of the most engaging and influential works of literature written in England before 1800. Some of the earliest survived only by a thread in a single manuscript, many were politically or religiously embattled in their own day, and some were the first of their kind in English. Fights with monsters, dilemmas of chivalry, a storytelling pilgrimage, a Faustian pact with the devil, a taste of the forbidden fruit, epic combat over a lock of hair: these writings remain embedded in American culture and deeply woven into the texture of the English language. Enrollment limited to 20.

Methods of Literary Study

This course teaches the skills to read literature with understanding and pleasure. By studying examples from a variety of periods and places, students learn how poetry, prose fiction and drama work, how to interpret them and how to make use of interpretations by others. This course seeks to produce perceptive readers well equipped to take on complex texts. This gateway course for prospective English majors is not recommended for students simply seeking a writing intensive course. Readings in different sections vary, but all involve active discussion and frequent writing.

Methods of Literary Study

This course teaches the skills to read literature with understanding and pleasure. By studying examples from a variety of periods and places, students learn how poetry, prose fiction and drama work, how to interpret them and how to make use of interpretations by others. This course seeks to produce perceptive readers well equipped to take on complex texts. This gateway course for prospective English majors is not recommended for students simply seeking a writing intensive course. Readings in different sections vary, but all involve active discussion and frequent writing.

Journalism Principles/Practice

Offered as WRT 136 and ENG 136. In this intellectually rigorous writing class, students learn how to craft compelling "true stories" using the journalist’s tools. They research, report, write, revise, source and share their work—and, through interviewing subjects firsthand, understand how other people see the world. The course considers multiple styles and mediums of journalism, including digital storytelling. Prerequisite: One WI course. Enrollment limited to 16.

Colq:Intro to Creative Writing

This course familiarizes students with key aspects of structure and form in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students focus in turn on such elements of creative writing as imagery, diction, figurative language, character, setting and plot. Students draft, workshop and revise three pieces of writing over the course of the semester, one each in the genres of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Enrollment limited to 15.
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