The Creative Writing concentration trains students in writing imaginatively for professional publication. Students strengthen their creative skills in a variety of genres through a series of writing workshops, which they take alongside courses in literary history and analysis. They acquire a solid grounding in literary forms; they learn to think critically and creatively about how writers represent the material of everyday life; they gain insight into writing and audience through the intense study of style, voice, and genre; and they develop an understanding of some of the many standards by which literary work is judged.
Course Requirements
Completion of ENG 220 and ENG 221 required.
Creative Writing
Literary Analysis
- One literary genre course chosen from:
- One major author course chosen from:
- One literary history course chosen from:
Major Electives
Four English electives, at least three of which must be at the 300 level.
Diverse Traditions Requirement
English majors must take at least one course in English designated as "Diverse Traditions." Diverse Traditions courses focus on historically under-represented groups. Qualifying courses will be designated as "Diverse Traditions" or "DT" courses in the quarterly schedule. Students may satisfy the Diverse Traditions requirement through their concentraion requirements or major electives.
Research Intensive Requirement
English majors who declared their majors after January 1, 2012, must take at least one course in English designated as "Research Intensive." These courses integrate research instruction and assignments with the subject matter of the course. Research-intensive sections of courses are designated as "Research Intensive" or "RI" in the quarterly schedule. Students may satisfy the Research Intensive requirement through their concentration requirements or major electives.
ENG 201
CREATIVE WRITING
Experience in writing and analyzing poetry and short prose fiction. May not be taken pass/fail.
ENG 291
INTERMEDIATE FICTION WRITING
Writing and analyzing short prose fiction. May be taken twice. May not be taken pass/fail.
Prerequisites:
ENG 201 is a prerequisite for this class.
ENG 292
INTERMEDIATE POETRY WRITING
Writing and analyzing poems. May be taken twice. May not be taken pass/fail.
Prerequisites:
ENG 201 is a prerequisite for this class.
ENG 307
ADVANCED FICTION WRITING
Writing and analyzing short prose fiction, for students with prior workshop experience. May be taken twice. May not be taken pass/fail.
Prerequisites:
ENG 201 is a prerequisite for this class.
ENG 308
ADVANCED POETRY WRITING
Writing and analyzing poems, for students with prior workshop experience. May be taken twice. May not be taken pass/fail.
Prerequisites:
ENG 201 is a prerequisite for this class.
ENG 309
TOPICS IN WRITING
See schedule for current offerings. This course is repeatable with different topics.
ENG 364
AMERICAN GENRE STUDIES
Studies in American drama, poetry, short story, or novel.
ENG 365
MODERN AMERICAN FICTION
Major American writers of fiction in the twentieth century.
ENG 366
MODERN POETRY
Twentieth-century English and American Poetry.
ENG 375
STUDIES IN SHORT FICTION
The development of European, English, and American short fiction.
ENG 382
MAJOR AUTHORS
Study of one or two major writers. May be repeated on different authors. See schedule for current offerings.
ENG 310
ENGLISH LITERATURE TO 1500
Survey of English literature from the beginnings to 1500.
ENG 319
TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
See schedule for current offerings
ENG 320
ENGLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
Survey of English literature from 1500 to 1660.
ENG 329
TOPICS IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
See schedule for current offerings.
ENG 330
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY LITERATURE
Survey of English literature from 1660 to 1780.
ENG 339
TOPICS IN RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
Selected authors, genres and topics in English literature, 1660 - 1780.
ENG 340
NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
Survey of English literature from 1780 to 1900.
ENG 349
TOPICS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
Selected authors, genres and topics in English literature, 1780 - 1900.
ENG 350
MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE
Survey of English and Irish literature in the twentieth century.
ENG 359
TOPICS IN MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE
Selected authors, genres, and topics in twentieth-century British literature.
ENG 360
AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1830
Survey of American literature from the beginnings to 1830.
ENG 361
AMERICAN LITERATURE 1830 TO 1865
Survey of American literature from 1830 to 1865.
ENG 362
AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO 1920
Survey of American literature from 1865 to 1920.
ENG 363
AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1920
This survey focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first century American literary works, authors, and movements. Coverage will explore several genres, and expose students to the diversity of some major American literary movements and authors since high modernism.
ENG 220
READING POETRY
A comprehensive introduction to English and American poetry, poetic forms and meters, and the vocabulary of poetic study.
Prerequisites:
WRD 103 or HON 100 is a prerequisite for this course.
ENG 221
READING PROSE
An introduction to close analytical reading of the fundamental prose genres that students will encounter in the English major, for example short stories, novels, folktales, literary nonfiction, and criticism. Students will study examples drawn from the history of prose as well as contemporary narrative.
Prerequisites:
WRD 103 or HON 100 is a prerequisite for this course.
ENG 369
TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
See schedule for current offerings. This course is repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites:
A literature course is a prerequisite for this course.