ENG310 Creative Writing
This course offers students the opportunity to read and write a collection of works that stress inventive writing. This class seeks to heighten awareness and enjoyment of the form and substance of all literature by providing due reflection on foci such as technique, figurative language, plot, tone, technique, setting, imagery, characters, point of view, voice, and more. In this course, students consider how the pulls of such formal elements may lure a writer beyond the planned topic and into new and surprising insights. In ENG310, students learn strategies for crafting powerful short stories, multimedia essays, and poetry. Improvement in the quality of students' critical-thinking and composition skills which prime them for better appreciation of prose, scholastic evolution, and conviction in the search for an effective creative process. The course includes the reading and writing of creative works along with peer critiques and collaborative discussions.
Prerequisite
ENG110 English Composition