CRW 115 - Writing in the Genres

Semester Hours: 3
This is an introductory writing course designed to acquaint students with the creative writing process through the critical study of multiple genres and the practice of writing within those genres (among them poetry, fiction, nonfiction, film criticism, playwriting, and journalism). Students will explore such craft issues as point-of-view, voice, characterization, imagery, rhythm, poetic structure, dialogue, setting, dramatic scene development, use of memory and narration in both the texts of published writers and the writing exercises that will be critiqued by their peers.

Pre- or co-requisites: GEN 110 Composition I: Academic Writing (4 semester hours) or consent of the instructor.