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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and LIT 2000 or ENG 2012 In this course, students will study the basic techniques used by both canonical and contemporary fiction writers to build convincing and compelling worlds, characters, and plots. Students will then work to apply those techniques to their own fiction. They will develop the skills and techniques necessary for both a productive critique of their own and one another’s fiction, and for the in-depth work of successful revision. Gordon Rule English credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and LIT 2000 or ENG 2012 In this course we will examine the narrative possibilities of creative nonfiction. We will explore structure, technique and authorial presence in representative works of established sub-genres, including literary journalism, travel writing, memoir, and the personal essay, as well as more experimental forms like the lyric essay and collage. Students will develop skills and techniques necessary for the productive critique of their own and one another’s writing and for the in-depth work of successful revision. Gordon Rule English credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and LIT 2000 or ENG 2012 This workshop allows students to explore together the fundamentals of the craft of poetry. Students will learn the difference between poetry and prose, as well as the ability to identify the attributes that make poetry a unique and expressive art form. Students will learn basic terminology and close reading skills in order to write analyses that demonstrate precision and sensitivity to the nuances of poetic language. Students will read and memorize poems by master poets, whose work will be the focus of our analysis. Learning to explicate great poetry will provide students with skills they can apply to their own poetry, which will be the ultimate focus of this course. Gordon Rule English credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and LIT 2000 or ENG 2012 This course introduces students to the art and craft of playwriting. Students will read plays and analyze their basic elements—including dramatic action, characterization, dialogue, and the shape and pacing of scenes. In order to understand the nature of drama from the perspectives of actor, director, and audience as well as playwright, students will write scenes and perform them, a process that will involve staging and directing those scenes. Gordon Rule English credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and LIT 2000 or ENG 2012 This course examines the basic formal elements of screenplays—including characterization, dialogue, scene structure, plot construction, genre conventions, and formatting requirements. Students will critically analyze screenplays by the great auteurs of the twentieth century. The students’ major project will be to write short motion picture or television screenplays of their own. Gordon Rule English credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites:ENC 1101, LIT 2000 Students will analyze literary genres, forms, conventions, structures, techniques, and creative writing strategies and apply these analyses to their own creative writing efforts and to critiquing the work of their peers. Gordon Rule English credit.
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3.00 Credits
May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRW 2100 This workshop offers students multiple opportunities to employ the methods and techniques learned in the 2000-level CRW courses. Students will share and critique rough drafts of their work. These critiques will help students develop a final portfolio. Students will produce at least two substantial submissions. Readings will be drawn from contemporary fiction. May be repeated for up to 9 credit hours. Gordon Rule English credit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRW 2300 During the course of the semester, students will respond to different kinds of assignment prompts to develop their mastery of verbal craftsmanship. They will also read work by both active contemporary poets and well-known, canonical poets. Students will critique and discuss one another’s work in a workshop setting in order to gain facility using language with precision. May be repeated for up to 9 credit hours. Gordon Rule English credit.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CRW 2400 This course is a workshop in playwriting, acting, and directing. The first three-quarters of the course is an intensive writing workshop that gives students practice in developing original dramatic texts and having them critiqued by their peers. In the final quarter of the course students will select several stage-worthy scripts from among the original writing completed in the first three-quarters of the course and produce them—select a cast, rehearse lines, build sets, block scenes, and direct and act in a final performance.
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