Students will develop a working knowledge of the history, criticism, and craft theory associated with the writing of fiction and/or creative nonfiction. The course will require extensive writing and reading in the genre, including reading full-length collections of stories, essays, novels, or memoir, plus readings in craft technique and theory. Subjects may include studies of specific writers, specific forms (novel, travel memoir, lyric essay, short story, etc.), movements, and specific sub-genres with emphasis on reading as a writer to learn and develop specific craft techniques. Example topics include Reading and Writing the Lyric Short Story, Form and Technique in the Contemporary Novel, Writing and Reading the Lyric Essay, and Studies in Plot. Writing assignments in the course may include critical response essays, interviews, critical annotations, reviews, in-class creative writing assignments, a creative writing final portfolio, or other options.
Major, minor, elective credit