ENGL 2410 - Creative Writing

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify standard conventions in short stories.
2. Identify standard conventions in poems.
3. Analyze deviations from standard conventions.

Outcome 2:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to critique other writers’ work for technical elements of fiction and poetry.

Objectives:

1. Define technical elements.
2. Identify technical elements in the works.
3. Analyze the use of technical elements in the works.

Outcome 3:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to build upon a body of original work.

Objectives:

1. Create varied works of fiction.
2. Create varied poems.

1. Fiction
   1. Read, discuss and assess at least 12 works of short, literary fiction, with attention to elements of fiction such as plot, setting, character, dialogue, etc.
   2. Write short fiction.
   3. Edit student work in workshops.
   4. Revise own work individually and in workshops.
2. Poetry
   1. Read, discuss and assess at least 15 poems, with attention to elements of poetry such as word choice and play, cadence, line, rhyme, meter, etc.
   2. Write poems.
   3. Edit student w ork in workshops.
   4. Revise own work individually and in workshops.
3. Other Genres
   1. Read, discuss a nd assess other forms of creative writing (screen‐ and playwriting, creative nonfiction, etc.) as appropriate.