ENGL 2214 - Creative Writing - Fiction and Nonfiction

Arts & Sciences Department
Students learn and practice fundamental skills for writing short fiction and various modes of creative non-fiction. Assigned readings in nonfiction and fiction serve as inspirational models for student work. Specific lessons on technique and device aid in the development of macro and micro skills; in-depth professor critiques and consultation facilitate improvement. Writing creatively, according to the dictates of the imagination, improves students’ writing skills and enhances critical thinking. Readings will include but not be limited to the work of Joan Didion, Sherman Alexie, Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jhumpa Lahiri.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100