CW 200- Reading for Writers
Fall 2013, M W F
Reading for Writers is a literature class designed specifically for writers of poetry and prose fiction meant to teach students how to identify and discuss the mechanics and craft elements of short stories and poems with the aim of expanding the student writer’s “toolbox” when approaching her/his own work. Much of the discussion about short stories and poetry will thus be about identifying and applying practical, descriptive approaches that are useful for interpreting and writing poems and stories. To accomplish this, weekly readings will span genres, languages, nationalities/ethnicities, and time periods, giving students a broad survey of “what’s out there,” “how it all works,” and “how it’s done well” while also giving students a common, sophisticated language for discussing writing in a workshop setting or advanced literature class. This class satisfies a literature requirement in the Creative Writing major.
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Anna S. Ivy
Academic Advisor, English and Creative Writing
200 English Building
608 S. Wright St., MC-718
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-4346