Minor in Creative Writing

Notes: required for BA in Creative Writing.
Pre-requisites: CRWR 210.
A beginning workshop focused on writing and discussing short stories. Students will become conversant, in writing and orally, in the language of the craft including story elements such as: viewpoint, setting, plotting, pacing, characterization, etc. They will draft a single short story and will learn to effectively offer written and oral analytical/critical feedback via the workshop format. They will understand sentence mechanics and the revision process as central elements in fiction writing.

Pre-requisites: CRWR 210.
This course is a study of the foundational texts in poetry, from a writer’s point of view, considering various periods and stylistic approaches. Students will read poetry and verse ranging from ancient to Modernist texts. They will learn how to effectively analyze foundational texts in writing and orally.

Pre-requisites: CRWR 210.
This course is a close study of the style and techniques utilized in contemporary fiction, including a delineation of the development of major technical trends in contemporary fiction. Students will read literary fiction from the post-Modern era (late 20th century) to the present. They will analyze texts (short stories, novels) in writing and orally utilizing the language of the craft.

Pre-requisites: CRWR 210.
Students will study the nature of literary nonfiction. Contemporary sub-genres to be studied may include nature writing, travel writing, science writing, the memoir, literary journalism and others.