| Writing Workshops: 15 credits (All courses are 3 credits.) |
| Writing workshops train in various modes of verse and prose composition and include writing poetry, writing fiction, translation and expository essay. Workshops require the regular submission of original work for critique, oral presentation and editing. |
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| WRI 265 | Prose Workshop: Introduction to Fiction Writing |
| WRI 300 | Poetry Workshop: Finding Your Fire |
| WRI 310 |
Reading and Writing: The Magic of Realism |
| WRI 311 |
Reading and Writing: Poetic Operation |
| WRI 320 |
Writing Poetry: From Gloucester Out |
| WRI 321 |
Writing Prose: Navigations in Narrative |
| WRI 360 | Writing Poetry: Only the Narrow Present Is Alive |
| WRI 363 |
Reading and Writing: Literatures of Exile and Diaspora |
| WRI 364 | Reading and Writing: Passage in Prose |
| WRI 365 | Reading and Writing: Experimental Women Writers |
| WRI 370 |
Writing Poetry: When the Mode of Music Changes |
| WRI 375 |
Writing Poerty: Wild Form |
| WRI 385 |
Reading and Writing: Close Readings in Surrealism and Dada |
| WRI 386 |
Writing Prose: Narrative and Architecture |
| WRI 400 | Poetry Workshop: Extending Your Voice |
| WRI 407 |
Reading and Writing: Currency of the New Millennium |
| WRI 410 | Writing Poetry: Writing the Poems |
| WRI 419 |
Reading and Writing: Exploring Your Source |
| WRI 428 | Writing Fiction |
| WRI 429 | Contemplative Poetics |
| WRI 431 | The Art of the Essay |
| WRI 443 | Practice of Translation |
| WRI 446 | Reading and Writing: American Beauty |
| SUBTOTAL |
15 |
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Literature Courses: 18 credits (All courses are 3 credits.)
Literature courses examine selected writers’ works, topics or periods in literary history and require critical papers in standard academic format. |
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| WRI 310 |
Reading and Writing: The Magic of Realism |
| WRI 311 |
Reading and Writing: Poetic Operation |
| WRI 334 |
Reading and Writing: The Hybrid |
| WRI 340 |
Literature Seminar: Women Writers, Open Texts |
| WRI 347 |
Literature Seminar: Kerouac's Road |
| WRI 349 | Literature Seminar: Classic Modernism |
| WRI 350 | Literature Seminar: Midnight Angels |
| WRI 356 | Literature Seminar: Points of Departure |
| WRI 363 |
Reading and Writing: Literatures of Exile and Diaspora |
| WRI 364 | Reading and Writing: Passage in Prose |
| WRI 365 | Reading and Writing: Experimental Women Writers |
| WRI 377 | Trends in Contemporary Literature: Introduction to Critical Theory |
| WRI 380 | Eco-Lit |
| WRI 407 |
Reading and Writing: Currency of the New Millennium |
| WRI 408 |
Literature Seminar: Beatnik 101 |
| WRI 419 |
Reading and Writing: Exploring Your Source |
| WRI 429 | Contemplative Poetics |
| WRI 431 | The Art of the Essay |
| WRI 433 | Literature Seminar: Tracks Along the Left Coast |
| WRI 436 | Trends in Contemporary Literature: Introduction to Feminist Theory |
| WRI 443 | Practice of Translation |
| WRI 446 | Reading and Writing: American Beauty |
| WRI 450 | Literature Seminar: Radical Prosody |
| SUBTOTAL |
18 |
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Final Manuscript and Critical Thesis: 3 credits
The final requirement in Writing and Literature is a manuscript representing the best selections of creative work the student has accomplished in the program as well as a critical essay on a literary topic. For further info, see the manuscript guidelines available at the Writing & Poetics office. |
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| WRI 475 | Final Manuscript and Critical Thesis |
| *Note: no extensions are available in the BA Final Manuscript course. |
| SUBTOTAL |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS 36 |
