12/22/2024 3:47:18 AM	ENGL 4C Course Outline as of Spring 2008	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 4C	Title:  ADV CREATIVE WRIT
Full Title:  Advanced Creative Writing
Last Reviewed:2/6/2023

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Advanced study and writing of fiction and poetry; drama and/or creative non-fiction.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ENGL 4B

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Advanced study and writing of fiction and poetry; drama and/or creative non-fiction.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ENGL 4B
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

I.  READING:

   A.  Identify and anaylze major elements of narrative introduced in

       ENGL 4A and ENGL 4B, including character, setting, plot/conflict,

       point of view, tone, structure, and dialogue in published and

       peer-written narratives with increasing precision.

   B.  Identify and analyze additional elements of narrative, including

       theme and motifs, stories told from multiple points of view,

       stories told by "unreliable" narrators, and narratives that

       experiment with structural devices and time elements.

   C.  Identify and analyze major elements of poetry introduced in

       ENGL 4A and ENGL 4B, including sound, rhythm, figurative language,

       the poetic line, rhyme schemes, figures of speech, symbols, and

       line breaks with increasing precision.

   D.  Identify and analyze additional elements of poetry, including

       various traditional, contemporary, and experimental poetic forms,

       metrics, poetic voice and structural motifs/strategies.

   E.  Analyze technical and stylistic elements in contemporary writing

       to understand trends in published works.

   F.  Adopt leadership in critiquing and analyzing student writing

       during workshops.

   G.  Identify and analyze stylistic elements in dramatic literature.

II. WRITING:

   A.  Apply creative writing skills through frequent writings in

       selected genres.

   B.  Employ basic narrative elements introduced in ENGL 4A and ENGL 4B,

       including character, setting, plot/conflict, and figurative

       language, point of view, tone, structure, and dialogue with

       increasing precision.

   C.  Use additional elements of narrative, including theme and motifs,

       stories told from multiple points of view, stories told by

       "unreliable" narrators, and narratives that experiment with

       structural devices and time elements.

   D.  Employ basic poetic elements introduced in ENGL 4A and ENGL 4B,

       including sound, rhythm, figurative language, the poetic line,

       rhyme schemes, figures of speech, symbols, and line breaks with

       increasing precision.

   E.  Use additional poetic elements, including various traditional,

       contemporary, and experimental poetic forms, metrics, poetic

       voice and structural motifs/strategies.

   F.  Within scenes and acts, employ a full range of dramatic elements

       and a more focused application of the conventions of particular

       sub-genres.

Topics and Scope

I.  READING:

   A.  Examination of published work in a range of fiction, poetry,

       and/or creative non-fiction that illustrates technical and

       stylistic elements such as character, setting, plot/conflict,

       sound, rhythm, the poetic line, point of view, tone, structure,

       dialogue, rhyme schemes, figures of speech, symbols, and line

       breaks.

   B.  Examination of published work in a range of fiction, poetry,

       and/or creative non-fiction that illustrates theme and motifs,

       stories told from multiple points of view, stories told by

       "unreliable" narrators, narratives that experiment with structural

       devices and time elements, and various traditional, contemporary,

       and experimental poetic forms, metrics, poetic voice and

       structural motifs/strategies.

    C.  Examination of published work in dramatic literature and critique

        of at least three works from various time periods.

II.  WRITING:

    A.  Creative writing elements for fiction, poetry, and/or creative

        non-fiction illustrating technical and stylistic elements such

        as character, setting, plot/conflict, sound, rhythm, the poetic

        line, point of view, tone, structure, dialogue, rhyme schemes,

        figures of speech, symbols, and line breaks.

    B.  Creative writing elements and techniques, introducing theme and

        motifs, stories told from multiple points of view, stories told

        by "unreliable" narrators, narratives that experiment with

        structural devices and time elements, and various traditional,

        contemporary, and experimental poetic forms, metrics, poetic

        voice, and structural motifs/strategies.

    C.  Creative writing elements and techniques including experiment

        with various traditional, contemporary and experimental dramatic

        forms.

    D.  Requirements and possibilities for publication and performance.

III. PEER RESPONSE AND WORKSHOP:

    A.  Advanced techniques for reading peers' work in progress in a

        workshop setting.

    B.  Advanced strategies for providing constructive critical responses

        to peers' work in a workshop setting.

    C.  Advanced strategies for evaluating and using peer response to

        improve one's writing.

Assignments:

I.  READING:

   A.  Read 30 to 50 pages each week of published works in the different

       genres and/or craft manuals.

   B.  Select and closely analyze short fiction, poetry, and/or creative

       non-fiction by four or more contemporary writers employing

       experimental techniques such as stories told from multiple points

       of view, stories told by "unreliable" narrators, or narratives

       that experiment with structural devices and time sequences.

   C.  Read Writer's Market or other publications that analyze trends

       in publishing and/or show how to prepare and present manuscripts.

   D.  Read three works that illustrate experimental techniques in

       fiction, poetry, and/or creative non-fiction.

   E.  Read in several craft books about types of point of view and

       "unreliable" narration.

   F.  Present a 7- to 10-minute oral critique of a work of experimental

       fiction by a professional writer, focusing on experimental

       elements such as multiple points of view, non-linear structure,

       altered time sequences, or structural devices.

   G.  Read a selection of influential dramatic critics.

II. WRITING:

   A.  Write a minimum of four hours weekly, focusing on maintaining a

       regular writing schedule.

   B.  Collect a portfolio of revised work totaling at least 10,000

       words of extensively revised and edited fiction and/or creative

       non-fiction, 250 lines of extensively revised and edited poetry,

       or a proportional equivalence of several genres. This work should

       demonstrate advanced writing skills.

   C.  Write a 1,000- to 3,000-word short story that experiments with

       multiple points of view, an "unreliable" narrator, structural

       devices, or time sequences.

   D.  Write a sequence of three poems, focusing on the same experience

       or subject.

   E.  Write a Shakespearean sonnet: revise it into a Petrarchan sonnet.

   F.  Revise previously written scenes according to the fundamentals of

       the structure of the play, with special attention to audience.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 80 - 90%
Written homework
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 5 - 10%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Attendance, class participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

PRIMARY TEXT:

Burroway, Janet. WRITING FICTION: GUIDE TO NARRATIVE CRAFT. Harcourt,

    2007.

SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS:

Root, Robert L. and Michael J. Steinberg. THE FOURTH GENRE: CONTEMPORARY

    WRITERS OF/ON CREATIVE NON-FICTION, 4TH ED. LONGMAN, 2006.

Oliver, Mary. A POETRY HANDBOOK. Harcourt, 1994.

STORY MATTERS. Margaret Dieman and Barbara Schoop, eds. Houghton Mifflin,

    2006.

Examples of established writers may include but are not limited to the

following:

Fiction:

Allende, Isabelle

Atwood, Margaret

Barth, John

Diaz, Junot

Foer, Jonathon Safran

Handler, Daniel

Reed, Ishmael

Vonnegut, Kurt

Poets:

Ashberry, John

Bishop, Elizabeth

Carson, Anne

Hall, Donald

McKay, Claude

Oliver, Mary

Rushdie, Salman

Stein, Gertrude

Stevens, Wallace

Creative non-fiction

Benjamin, Walter

McCall, Nathan

Sontag, Susan

Staples, Brent

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