1/15/2025 2:57:49 AM	ENGL 4C Course Outline as of Fall 2018	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, 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, 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

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Analyze and critique a variety of recognized authors in all genres.

2.  Employ writing techniques developed in ENGL 4A and ENGL4B, with the addition of

    stylistic elements learned from all basic genres and experimental work.

3.  Take a leadership role in critiquing peers' work, applying specific criteria for revision.

4.  Revise and edit original work, with at least one piece ready to submit for publication.

 

Objectives:

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

I. Reading:

    A. Identify and analyze 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 writing 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 experimentation

         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%
10,000-word portfolio; short story; poem sequence; Shakespearean sonnet
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%
Oral Critique
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 and discussion in a workshop format

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Primary Texts:

Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft. 9th ed. Burroway, Janet and Stuckey-French, Ned and Stuckey-French, Ned. Pearson. 2014

In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet's Portable Workshop. Kowit, Steve.Tilbury House. 2003 (classic)

Supplemental Texts:

Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft. 4th ed. Burroway, Janet. Pearson. 2014

The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Non-Fiction. 4th ed. Root, Robert and Steinberg, Michael. Longman. 2011 (classic)

Story Matters: Contemporary Short Story Writers Share the Creative Process. Denman, Margaret-Love and Shoup, Barbara. Houghton Mifflin. 2005 (classic)

A Poetry Handbook. Oliver, Mary. Harcourt. 1994 (classic)

Letters to a Young Poet. Rilke, Rainer Maria. W.W. Norton. 1993 (classic)

Poetic Meter and Poetic Form. Fussell, Paul. McGraw-Hill. 1979 (classic)

 

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

following:

Fiction:

Allende, Isabelle

Atwood, Margaret

Barth, John

Butler, Octavia

Diaz, Junot

Eggers, Dave

Gilbert, Elizabeth

Foer, Jonathon Safran

Kafka, Franz

Malamud, Bernard

Munro, Alice

Reed, Ishmael

Tolstoy, Leo

Vonnegut, Kurt

Yamamoto, Hisaye

 

Poetry:

Ashberry, John

Bishop, Elizabeth

Blake, William

Carson, Anne

Espada, Martín

García Lorca, Federico

Hall, Donald

Levertov, Denise

McKay, Claude

Mackey, Nathaniel

Oliver, Mary

Paz, Octavio

Rushdie, Salman

Sandburg, Carl

Shakespeare, William

Stein, Gertrude

Stevens, Wallace

Yeats, William Butler

 

Creative Non-fiction:

Anzaldúa, Gloria

Barry, Dave

Benjamin, Walter

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

McCall, Nathan

Sontag, Susan

Staples, Brent

Woodson, Jacqueline

 

Drama:

Chekhov, Anton

Ibsen, Henrik

Wilde, Oscar

Wilson, August

Instructor prepared materials

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