ENGL 203 - Advanced Creative Writing

1. Develop an advanced understanding and practice of creativity in the medium of language.
2. Develop an advanced aesthetic appreciation for creative writing in one or more literary genres - fiction, poetry, drama, or nonfiction-through critical reading and discussing literary works.
3. Demonstrate greater expressive proficiency through a better understanding of such literary conventions as plot, setting, characterization, point of view, meter, imagery, symbolism, figurative language, dialogue, and other such matters of style.
4. Demonstrate a high degree of competency in adhering to conventions of Standard English.
5. Develop revision skills as a part of the writing process.
6. Distinguish among the creative opportunities and constraints in one or more literary genres.

• Genre
• Writing process
• Literary conventions
• Figurative language
• Workshop
• Purpose and Audience
• Standard English conventions

 
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