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Apr 25, 2024
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ENG 221 - Creative Writing
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the essential elements of three creative writing genres: short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Students will review examples of work by professional writers and will produce their own creative works in each genre. Students will participate in workshops critiquing their classmates’ work and revise their own drafts based on peer and instructor feedback. The course also includes independent journaling, in-class writing exercises, and a comprehensive final exam covering the elements of the three genres studied. Creative Writing offers students the opportunity to build confidence in their communication skills while also enabling them to think critically, express themselves effectively, and consider the viewpoints of others, skills which will benefit students personally, academically, and professionally.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): Students will complete a minimum of three (3) creative projects (short story, three poems, and non-fiction piece). Each must be submitted to Turnitin.com. A measurable final exam is also required.
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Differentiate between the elements that make up the fiction, non-fiction, and poetry genres.
- Develop the use of the elements of fiction with particular emphasis on characterization, plot, point of view, dialogue, setting, and concrete language.
- Demonstrate the use of the elements of poetry with particular emphasis on figurative language, imagery, sound devices, rhythm, meter, rhyme, structure, and form.
- Practice the elements of non-fiction with particular emphasis on theme, style, narrative techniques, and verisimilitude.
- Participate in workshops for all three genres, share creative works and critique the work of classmates.
Course Objectives:
Unit One: Short Fiction
- Analyze how plot, language, characterization, point of view, and other elements of fiction affect verisimilitude.
- Create character sketches to develop realistic characters with interesting backgrounds and motivations.
- Respond to a professional writer’s short story and analyze how it utilizes the elements of fiction.
- Utilize the elements of fiction to compose a short story of at least seven pages.
- Respond with positive criticism to the writing of others by contributing to the discussion of classmates’ stories in workshops and written responses.
- Revise the short story based on feedback from classmates and the instructor.
Unit Two: Poetry
- Define poetry.
- Analyze how form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, figurative language, and imagery impact interpretations of poem’s themes.
- Construct a found poem using provided materials.
- Examine a visual tone poem and craft a written poem utilizing imagery and themes inspired by the source.
- Compose at least three poems, including a Shakespearean sonnet, an image poem and another style as defined in the course textbook and chosen by the student.
- Respond with positive criticism to the writing of others by contributing to the discussion of classmates’ poems in workshops.
- Revise poems based on feedback from classmates and the instructor.
Unit Three: Creative Non-fiction
- Throughout the semester, write at least five pages of journal entries per every two-week period and submit at various deadlines.
- Determine a suitable topic for a personal narrative piece.
- Compose a personal narrative piece of at least three pages using the elements of creative non-fiction.
- Respond with positive criticism to the writing of others by contributing to the discussion of classmates’ non-fiction pieces in workshops.
- Revise non-fiction piece based on feedback from classmates and the instructor.
Unit Four: Final Exam
- Complete a cumulative exam over the three genres (multiple choice, matching, short answer, and reflective short essay questions).
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