Objectives:
The purpose of this section of EH 205 will be to teach students the basic techniques
of creating, reading, and evaluating poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We will study the
elements of creative writing across the three genres as well as discuss distinctions between the
genres. Students can expect a great deal of writing—both in- and out-of-class exercises to build
skills, as well as longer, finished projects—and a good deal of class discussion.
Requirements:
The requirements are: (1) a journal of writing and reading response exercises;
(2) at least four formally submitted writing assignments—two-three poems, a short-short, and
either an extended piece of fiction or a nonfiction piece (3) verbal critiques of all pieces
submitted for workshop and written critiques of all pieces not workshopped; (4) class preparation
and participation; (5) attendance at one related Common Hour or off-campus event (attendance
at additional ones for extra credit); (6) at least one conference with the professor; (7 ) a final
portfolio of revised writing; and (8) negative capability, a willing suspension of disbelief, and a
sense of humor.
EH 208-A: Intermediate Writing
Ashe, MW 11:00-12:20
I have designed Intermediate Writing to help you practice your analytical and research skills as
well as your skills in written and oral communication. I consider the classroom to be a research
and response community, wherein at times we work together to come up with meanings for
various texts, and at other times we share our own (and comment on each other's) research and
writing.
EH 208-B: Intermediate Writing
Johnson, MW 2:00-3:20
EH 208 is designed to help students become better critical readers and thinkers, and most of all,
better writers. The course is based around an understanding of audience and an attempt to make
our work engaging to different kinds of readers. This course also understands that, today,
“writing” is not simply words on a page; contemporary writing utilizes a number of mediums
other than the printed page–for example, sound, images, hypertext, flash, and so on. We will,
therefore, be writing in a number of different mediums, utilizing visual rhetoric in addition to
textual rhetoric. Students will design their own research projects and represent their inquiries
through a number of different writing genres.