Description
This interdisciplinary course aims to introduce the student to the world of creative writing, focusing primarily on fiction. What the course offers is an enriching and highly personal experience as the student learns to tap into his or her own life experiences and draw on them. The course is structured around the close study of certain seminal literary texts with a view to analyzing their structures and narrative dynamics. In-class exercises take place, often with highly specified objectives (development of character, introduction of story, scenario, theme, exposition). Students are encouraged during workshops to criticize and inspire each other. The ultimate purpose is to impart something of the tools and craft of creative writing, while nurturing the student’s interest in literary art.
