ENGL C141 Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a creative writing workshop in which the
student submits original short stories and poems for group
discussion. The student will also study works by
contemporary authors in order to develop knowledge of the
form and theory behind good fiction and poetry.
REQUISITES
Prerequisites: English 70
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will
be able to
- Identify and understand with 70% accuracy the nature
and use of the following key elements of poetry:
concrete images (as opposed to abstractions),
specificity, figurative language, form structures, and
sound structures. This will be assessed through an exam
and through an appropriate sample of student poetry
evaluated by a rubric.
- Compose basic lyric and prose poems that integrate
with 70% accuracy the key elements of poetry writing.
This will be assessed through an appropriate sample of
student poetry evaluated by a rubric.
- Identify and understand with 70% accuracy the
following key elements of fiction: setting, character,
plot, point of view, voice, dialog, scene, description,
word choice, and irony. This will be assessed through an
exam and through an appropriate sample of student
fiction evaluated by a rubric.
- Compose complete short stories that utilize with 70%
accuracy the key elements of fiction. This will be
assessed through an appropriate sample of student
fiction evaluated by a rubric.
- Analyze and critique fiction and poetry based on the
form and theory addressed in class. This will be
assessed through an exam.
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 This
course is also offered as
an Honors Program course.
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