EN 286 - Topics in Creative Writing

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Colorado College

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Description:

Practice in writing specific genres, both fiction and non-fiction. Topics may include travel writing, autobiography, nature writing, science fiction, detective fiction, and others. Block 3: Topics in Creative Writing: Speaking for Nature- Writing Natural History. Science and non-science majors who love nature and writing will gain a greater firsthand understanding of ecology and the natural sciences through experiencing natural history literature and intensive writing about the natural world. This writing intensive course covers writing techniques, reading to establish familiarity with the natural history writing tradition, research skills and organization of field notes. Field trip will include sharpening identification skills and creating good field notes. Prerequisite: ( Field Trip). (Also listed as Southwest Studies 200.) 1 unit - Department. Block 4: Topics in Creative Writing: The Poet as Witness to War. Writing workshop which explores poetry as a means of writing about war and its social consequences in the tradition of poets who wrote as soldiers, protesters, distant onlookers and innocent civilians. Critiques the role of the poet in society, in times of war (especially Vietnam and Iraq) and in speaking truth to power. Student work produced in a class anthology. Prerequisite: ( Writing Intensive). (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 200 and Feminist and Gender Studies 280 and Southwest Studies 280.) 1 unit - Martinez. Half-Block: Topics in Creative Writing: Nature Writing at the End of Nature. (Also listed as General Studies 233.) .5 unit - Department.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

Phone Number:

(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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