ENG 468 - Contemporary Writers Colloquium

Description:
Genre specific seminar (poetry or fiction) with writing workshop element, featuring a schedule of visiting writers. Students will read work by visiting writers, develop critical thinking about craft, attend readings, explore contemporary publishing issues, and write both analytical papers and creative work. May be repeated up to 20 credits. ENG 468 and ENG 568 are layered courses; a student may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: ENG 364 or ENG 365.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments

Learner Outcome	Activity (optional)	Assessment
Identify and analyze forms and structures of creative writing (fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry).		Students will write an explication paper analyzing a work of creative writing.
Incorporate critical mentoring and feedback into the revision of creative writing.		Final writing portfolio will reflect critical mentoring and feedback.
Apply and further develop genre craft techniques to the creation of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction.		Writing exercises and final portfolio.
Further develop criteria to use in comparative analysis of contemporary creative writing.		Students will write reviews of works by visiting writers and participate in a team presentation on one visiting writer.
Contribute effectively to discussions of creative work-in-progress.		Written and verbal comments on peer works-in-progress.
Develop an understanding of the publication process–from initial creation to manuscript submission.		Students will revise work and submit publication-ready work in the final writing portfolio
Identify and analyze education and career options in creative writing.		Students will compose discussion questions for group sessions with visiting writings on “The Writing Life.”
Analyze literary readings by visiting writers.		Students will attend required readings by visiting writers and write informed reviews of the events.
Contextualize pieces of contemporary creative writing within current critical discourses.		Students will incorporate contemporary theory and criticism in their analysis papers.