Introduction to Creative Writing

Catalog description

Introduction to Creative Writing develops students' knowledge of and appreciation for the historical evolution of poetry and fiction. Reading and responding to a range of texts, students establish vocabularies specific to both art forms. Via sustained explorations of these assigned texts, they foster an empathetic awareness of new subjectivities and consider the ways in which race, ethnicity, class and gender shape individual experience. Students also practice writing in a variety of poetic and prose structures, including lyric and narrative poetry and linear and non-linear styles of narration. Responding to one another's fiction and poetry, they develop creative and critical thinking skills and gain an appreciation for the ways in which creative writing engages lived experience. Components: Class GE: HA Humanities & Arts, HA-A Arts Prereqs/Coreqs: P or C: ENGLISH 1040 or ENGLISH 1130 Typically Offered: Fall - Spring