12 courses with the subject CRWR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CRWR 1010The Craft of Creative Writing
The Craft of Creative Writing is designed for students who are new to creative writing or who would like to return to the fundamentals of craft. Through frequent writing assignments, assigned readings and collaborative discussions, students familiarize themselves with a variety of styles and approaches, exploring a range of literary genres including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir and journalistic prose. Students are expected to hone their skills in creative practice, to revise and take risks with their work and to cultivate their habits of clos reading and peer feedback. 1 Course Unit
In this fast-paced introductory course, students read and discuss a wide range of modern and contemporary American poets, beginning with Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and ending with 21st-century avant-garde poets like Tracie Morris. Questions central to this course include "How does experimental poetry help us understand the transition between modernism and postmodernism?" and "What is the relationship between experimental poetry and experimental teaching?" The poems and poets we study challenge students to read critically and think differently about what a poem is, about what art can be and about what poetry can teach us about reading, writing and learning. Students do not need to have any prior knowledge of poetry or poetics. The course operates primarily as a discussion. Rather than attending lectures, students participate in web-based discussions of the poems, accessible in text, audio and video formats. Requirements include weekly readings, viewing and listening to streaming content, as well as writing weekly discussion posts and creating midterm and final portfolios. Optional Live Session Times TBA Also Offered As: ENLT 1600 1 Course Unit
Poetry Workshop is a course for students who are new to poetry or who would like to return to the fundamentals of poetry. This workshop uses frequent writing assignments, assigned readings and collaborative workshop discussions to explore various elements of poetic craft, including imagery, metaphor, line, stanza, music, rhythm, diction, and tone. 1 Course Unit University of Pennsylvania Catalog 1465
Writing and Meditation is a course for students interested in intersections between creativity and contemplative practice. No previous experience is necessary. Curiosity and openness to multiple traditions of mindfulness is encouraged. In each module we'll explore a different approach to present awareness and writing. Course materials and practices will include focus on: attention, movement, gazing, listening, dreaming, metacognition and healing. We'll read sacred and secular texts spanning time and place from the Spanish mystic Téresa of Avila, to current brain e science on neuroplasticity and how meditation and creative practice can rewire the brain. We'll read contemporary poets such as Zen priest Norman Fischer and spiritual luminaries such as Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Pema Chodron. We'll also explore visionary visual artists such as Hilma af Klimt and musicians including Alice Coltrane and Laraajji. Students will write in response to written and audio prompts, receive peer and instructor feedback on their work, and compile a portfolio of writing created throughout the course. 1 Course Unit
Fiction Workshop is a course for students who are new to fiction writing or who are new to fiction writing or who would like to return to the fundamentals of fiction. This collaborative workshop uses frequent writing assignments, assigned readings and workshop discussions to explore various elements of the craft of fiction, including character, form, description, dialogue, setting, genre, and plot. 1 Course Unit
The Craft of Fiction will introduce students to the craft elements that are fundamental to the genre, including (but not limited to) character development, voice, plot, setting, rising action, dialogue, and exposition. We will explore strategies for writing our own stories, and we'll also study key examples of short fiction that will help us understand the complexity and multiplicity of the genre. Students can expect regular writing prompts for creative work, opportunities to give and receive meaningful feedback, weekly responses to the course readings, and other tools for expanding their understanding of what is possible in fiction. Optional Live Session
Students in Screenwriting will explore key strategies for writing affecting scenes, urgent stories, and powerful visual experiences for feature films, short films, or television. In addition to learning the vernacular of visual storytelling and how to format scripts, students will explore complex narrative elements such as character, tension/conflict in scenes, urgency/escalation of story, structure, and more. Students will examine successful film and television examples to better understand the complexity of a filmed scene and will write their own individual micro- scenes. The course will culminate with each student writing a three- page scene in script format that will receive prescriptive feedback in the form of group “workshops” where students will collaboratively outline and/or write the next 2-3 pages of each scene that students present in their groups, thereby replicating the highly collaborative and cooperative environment in the screenwriting industry. 1 Course Unit
Students in this course study a range of genres in creative nonfiction, including memoir, personal essay, and journalistic prose. Students use frequent writing assignments, assigned readings, and collaborative peer feedback to explore various elements of prose writing, with an emphasis on voice, description, narrative structure, and approaches to time. 1 Course Unit
