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2.00 Credits
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4.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to the process of conceiving, structuring, writing, rewriting, and marketing a screenplay for the contemporary American marketplace. “Screenplay paradigms” will be discussed, and a variety of movies will be analyzed. May be repeated for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Provides opportunities for students to write in various genres. Includes language attitudes, writing process, and reader response.
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4.00 Credits
The MFA Core Workshop in Fiction focuses on the writing, revision, and critical discussion of student short stories and chapters from novels. Students' critical analyses of their peers' work are informed by their study of published fiction in the texts, supplemented by lectures clarifying technical strategies in the writing of fiction. May be taken up to three times for credit.
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4.00 Credits
The MFA Core Workshop in Poetry focuses on the writing, revision, and critical discussion of student poems. Students' verbal and written critical analyses of their peers' work are informed by their reading of published poems representing a range of formal strategies and historical and cultural contexts, and by their reading in prosody and poetics. May be taken up to three times for credit.
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4.00 Credits
The MFA Core Workshop in Nonfiction concentrates on elements necessary for writing successful nonfiction prose- including structure, voice, dialog, characterization, and point-of-view-with a primary emphasis on the in-class workshop and peer review of student pieces. Nonfiction models, both short pieces and book-length, will be read and discussed, and students will write critical responses regarding those models. May be taken up to three times for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Document planning, creation, and revision, including discussion of the use and abuse of language in business, government, insurance, and law. Students will consider general strategies for document production; analyze different document styles; address questions of target audience; evaluate documents for readability and efficiency; and study the Plain English Movement and its legislative and legal implications.
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4.00 Credits
Examines theories, methodologies, and issues of composing personal narrative throughout the life span. Forms to be considered may include: biography, autobiography, memoir, the personal essay, and the recording and transcribing of oral narrative. Following an introduction to appropriate theories and methodologies, the course focuses on writing and response to the chosen form in a workshop atmosphere. May be repeated for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Students explore various forms of nonfiction, including essay, personal essay, reviewing, immersion journalism, and memoir, and practice writing in each.
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4.00 Credits
Provides a detailed overview of the publishing process, organized around the division of labor, including introductions to contemporary American publishing, issues of intellectual commerce, copyright law, publishing contracts, book editing, book design and production, book marketings and distribution, and bookselling. Based on work in mock publishing companies, students prepare portfolios of written documents, i.e., book proposals, editorial guidelines, design and production standards, and marketing plans. Guest speakers from the publishing industry and field trips provide exposure to the industry.
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