HUMN 200 Advanced Creative Writing

Advanced Creative Writing is designed for those students who have mastered fundamental elements of creative writing. The course deepens students’ understanding of the literary elements of poetry and short narratives and provides extended opportunities to express themselves in those genres and achieve greater understanding of the human experience through creative discourse with other writers.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

HUMN-100

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. 1. Write grammatically correct and imaginatively constructed poems, short narratives, and/or plays.
2. 2. Provide constructive feedback on the writings of others.
3. 3. Apply constructive feedback towards the revision and improvement of their own writing.
4. 4. Explain how literature created by a culture or subculture reveals values of that culture or subculture.
5. 5. Analyze how artistic literary expression reflects the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with the historical, social, political, and cultural contexts studied.
6. 6. Pose and address questions fundamental to humanities and the literary arts regarding the period under study in relation to contemporary times.
7. 7. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze creative efforts in writing, including writing produced and published within the Maryland literary community, national and international texts.
8. 8. Read their own writing aloud effectively, demonstrating an appreciation for meaning, tone, and rhythm.
9. 9. Identify and apply a rich variety of critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues of humanism and aesthetics, including literary elements and devices employed in the writing of poetry and prose, such as images, metaphor, characterization, theme, and setting.
10. 10. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of the role of the literary arts in illuminating the human spirit, creative process, and search for meaning.
11. 11. Demonstrate specific processes and technologies through which creative writing is produced and shared, including generating ideas, participating in workshops, revising, compiling a portfolio, making voice recordings, and preparing work to submit for publication.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Write grammatically correct and imaginatively constructed poems, short narratives, and/or plays.
2. 2. Provide constructive feedback on the writings of others.
3. 3. Apply constructive feedback towards the revision and improvement of their own writing.
4. 4. Explain how literature created by a culture or subculture reveals values of that culture or subculture.
5. 5. Analyze how artistic literary expression reflects the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with the historical, social, political, and cultural contexts studied.
6. 6. Pose and address questions fundamental to humanities and the literary arts regarding the period under study in relation to contemporary times.
7. 7. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze creative efforts in writing, including writing produced and published within the Maryland literary community, national and international texts.
8. 8. Read their own writing aloud effectively, demonstrating an appreciation for meaning, tone, and rhythm.
9. 9. Identify and apply a rich variety of critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues of humanism and aesthetics, including literary elements and devices employed in the writing of poetry and prose, such as images, metaphor, characterization, theme, and setting.
10. 10. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of the role of the literary arts in illuminating the human spirit, creative process, and search for meaning.
11. 11. Demonstrate specific processes and technologies through which creative writing is produced and shared, including generating ideas, participating in workshops, revising, compiling a portfolio, making voice recordings, and preparing work to submit for publication.