BA in Writing & Literature Requirements

Writing Workshops: 15 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.

WRI265 Prose Workshop: Introduction to Fiction Writing (3)

WRI300 Poetry Workshop: Finding Your Fire (3)

WRI310 Reading and Writing: The Magic of Realism (3)

WRI311 Reading and Writing Seminar: Poetic Operation (3)

WRI314 Writing Prose: Memoir/Anti-Memoir (3)

WRI320 Writing Poetry: From Gloucester Out (3)

WRI321 Writing Prose: Navigations in Narrative (3)

WRI323 Writing Poetry: The Prose Poem (3)

WRI325 Writing Poetry: From Sonnet to Projective Verse (3)

WRI334 Reading and Writing: The Hybrid (3)

WRI360 Writing Poetry: Only the Narrow Present Is Alive (3)

WRI363 Reading and Writing: Literatures of Exile and Diaspora (3)

WRI364 Reading and Writing: Passage in Prose (3)

WRI365 Reading and Writing: Experimental Women Writers (3)

WRI375 Writing Poetry: Wild Form (3)

WRI385 Reading and Writing: Close Readings in Surrealism and Dada (3)

WRI386 Writing Prose: Narrative and Architecture (3)

WRI400 Poetry Workshop: Extending Your Voice (3)

WRI407 Reading and Writing: Currency of the New Millennium (3)

WRI410 Writing Poetry: Writing the Poems (3)

WRI419 Reading and Writing: Exploring Your Source (3)

WRI428 Writing Fiction (3)

WRI429 Contemplative Poetics (3)

WRI431 The Art of the Essay (3)

WRI437 Reading and Writing: Noir Novel to Film (3)

WRI443 Practice of Translation (3)

WRI445 Reading and Writing: Writing with Shakespeare (3)

WRI446 Reading and Writing: American Beauty (3)

SUBTOTAL 15

Literature Courses: 18 credits

Literature courses examine selected writers' works, topics, or periods in literary history and require critical papers in standard academic format.

WRI310 Reading and Writing: The Magic of Realism (3)

WRI311 Reading and Writing Seminar: Poetic Operation (3)

WRI334 Reading and Writing: The Hybrid (3)

WRI340 Literature Seminar: Women Writers, Open Texts (3)

WRI347 Literature Seminar: Kerouac’s Road (3)

WRI349 Literature Seminar: Classic Modernism (3)

WRI350 Literature Seminar: Midnight Angels (3)

WRI356 Literature Seminar: Points of Departure (3)

WRI363 Reading and Writing: Literatures of Exile and Diaspora (3)

WRI364 Reading and Writing: Passage in Prose (3)

WRI365 Reading and Writing: Experimental Women Writers (3)

WRI366 Reading and Writing: Fade to Black (3)

WRI377 Trends in Contemporary Literature: Introduction to Critical Theory (3)

WRI380 Eco-Lit (3)

WRI385 Reading and Writing: Close Readings in Surrealism and Dada (3)

WRI407 Reading and Writing: Currency of the New Millennium (3)

WRI408 Literature Seminar: Beatnik 101 (3)

WRI419 Reading and Writing: Exploring Your Source (3)

WRI429 Contemplative Poetics (3)

WRI431 The Art of the Essay (3)

WRI433 Literature Seminar: Tracks Along the Left Coast (3)

WRI437 Reading and Writing: Noir Novel to Film (3)

WRI436 Trends in Contemporary Literature: Introduction to Feminist Theory (3)

WRI440 Literature Seminar: The Reflexive Novel (3)

WRI443 Practice of Translation (3)

WRI445 Reading and Writing: Writing with Shakespeare (3)

WRI446 Reading and Writing: American Beauty (3)

WRI450 Literature Seminar: Radical Prosody (3)

SUBTOTAL 18

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 description, see the manuscript guidelines available at the Writing and Poetics office.

WRI475 BA Final Manuscript and Thesis Course (3)

*Note: no extensions are granted in the BA Final Manuscript course.

SUBTOTAL 3

TOTAL CREDITS 36

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