The course will explore what is required to move from the novelistic to the cinematic. Students write two papers on literary and cinematic techniques and complete a final paper. Creative Writing 56 or consent of instructor. Examines the structures and craft of poetry and drama. Explores how the meter of spoken English in the performance of drama and narrative and dramatic poetry even in non-verse texts, intersect and inform each other.
Students analyze and discuss texts in seminar format.
Creative Writing and Ancestry. Creative Writing 56 or consent of instructor. An examination of fiction, nonfiction, and films about multiple ancestries and cultural experiences. Students are required to write fiction or autobiography. Creative Writing 56 or consent of instructor.