CREATIVE WRITING 2

概要

The American poet Robert Frost said “No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader.” Building on the work done in Creative Writing 1, we will turn our attention towards the narrative non-fiction essay and the short story. For our fiction work, we will look at issues of Narrative Surprise, Narrative Event and Narrative Conflict. We will also explore and discuss the and elements of the Quest Story. For our narrative no-fiction work, we will write essays that explore ideas and objects vanishing from our modern world and examine early life experiences. We will study the writer’s use of inventory and vivid language to deliver to the reader an experience that is easy to imagine. For all of our stories and essay we will read the work of many different writers to discover models and techniques to help with each assignment. Twice during the semester we will set up peer workshops where you will share your writing with other classmates to help improve each other’s work.

目標

To WRITE…and to KEEP WRITING, -To learn to write longer works of fiction that utilize the concepts of Narrative Event and Narrative Arc. -To learn to write longer works of creative non-fiction that display the ability to understand the difference between ‘showing’ and ‘telling’ when writing in the 1st and 3rd person. To understand how to use language inventories to fill the essays and stories with precise details. -To understand the importance of revision when it comes to elevating the language used in first drafts. -To read important writers and understand the choices they made when constructing their sentences, paragraphs, and narrative progression in their stories and essays

授業外の学習

Complete class reading and writing assignments.

所要時間: 190 Minutes