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Apr 19, 2024
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ENGL 2420 - Advanced Creative Writing Credit Hours: 3.00 Prerequisites: ENGL 2410
Course designed for the experienced writer who has developed the fundamentals taught in ENGL 2410. Revising and marketing manuscripts will be covered.
Contact Hours: 3 Billable Contact Hours: 3 OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to build a polished body of written creative work.
Objectives:
- Create works of fiction
- Create poetry
- Create plays/screenplays
Outcome 2:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to critique other writers’ work for technical elements of creative writing.
Objectives:
- Define technical elements
- Identify technical elements in creative works
- Analyze the use of technical elements in creative works
Outcome 3:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to participate in the process of preparing a manuscript for submission.
Objectives:
- Edit creative works
- Revise in response to editorial prompts
- Submit work for publication
Outcome 4:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to read literature critically.
Objectives:
- Identify standard conventions in fiction
- Identify standard conventions in poetry
- Identify standard conventions in playwriting
- Analyze deviations from convention standards
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE To be followed in general; chronology not defined.
- Fiction
- Read, discuss, and assess a number of works of short literary fiction
- Read, discuss, and assess a number of works of longer works of short literary fiction
- Write short fiction
- Edit student work in workshops
- Revise own work individually and in workshops
- Submit manuscripts for publication
- Poetry
- Read, discuss, and assess a number of poems
- Write poems
- Edit student work in workshops
- Revise own work individually and in workshops
- Submit manuscripts for publication
- Other Genres
- Read, discuss, and assess other forms of creative writing (screen‐ and playwriting, creative nonfiction,graphic novels, etc.) as appropriate.
Primary Faculty Bily, Cynthia Secondary Faculty Young, James Associate Dean Ternullo, Annette Dean Pritchett, Marie
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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