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4.00 Credits
Workshop, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): CRWT 056, ENGL 001A. Introduction to the elements and craft of nonfiction.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; screening, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to the craft of screenwriting. Discusses how screenwriting differs from other styles of writing. Examines the various techniques that writers use to create their "blueprints"for movies in a variety of genres. Cross-listed with MCS 066 and THEA 066.
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5.00 Credits
Workshop, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Explores forms and issues in contemporary spoken word poetics, including performance and writing, multimedia and audience, community relations, media culture and power, music and art, and cultural production. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; creative projects, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor. A course in poetry writing involving the reading of poetry and comments of poetry and critics on poetry in modern and contemporary modes. Designed to foster students' exploration of the diversity of poetic styles in an age with no dominant school, and their awareness of the aesthetic, cultural, and personal resonances of conscious and unconscious artistic choices. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available.
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4.00 Credits
Workshop, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): two of the following courses: CRWT 057A, CRWT 057B, CRWT 057C. Introduction to creative nonfiction. Covers its history and strategies for writing and critically evaluating creative nonfiction essays. Focuses on writing creative nonfiction essays based on personal experience. Includes readings in current nonfiction. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.
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4.00 Credits
Workshop, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): CRWT 056, CRWT 130; or consent of instructor. Reviews the essential strategies for writing and critically evaluating creative nonfiction essays. Focuses primarily on memoir, personal experience, and nature and science writing. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.
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4.00 Credits
Workshop, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): CRWT 056, CRWT 130, CRWT 132; or consent of instructor. Explores strategies for writing and critical evaluating creative nonfiction essays. Focuses primarily on memoir, autobiography, history, and interview writing and how to work toward a sequence of longer work of nonfiction in that mode, as well as the "fact" or "immersion" essay. Course repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.
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5.00 Credits
Workshop, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): CRWT 056, CRWT 130, CRWT 132, CRWT 134; or consent of instructor. A workshop in creative nonfiction writing for students who want to study creative nonfiction at the graduate and professional level. Focuses on producing and polishing work and discusses the professional aspect of writing, such as submitting and publishing.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): CRWT 043. Examines the influence of dominant cultures on twentieth-century literature. Topics include the experience of immigration and the notion of legitimacy and ethnic identity. Covers writers such as Ralph Ellison, Sherman Alexie, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Upton Sinclair. Course is repeatable as content changes to a maximum of 8 units.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; workshop, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): CRWT 056 or consent of instructor. Explores specific topics of style and craft in fiction. E. Minimalism: Hemingway to Carver and Beyond; F. Magical Realism and Surrealism, Past and Present; G. Genre Fiction and Styles: Potential for Legitimacy.
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