Northwestern creative writing
This rg college of arts & ment of this ewseventsnewsletterdirectionspeoplefacultyadministrationgraduate studentsstaffjob openingsundergraduatefirst-year focusliteraturecreative writingcourse descriptionsacademic policiesacademic resourcesstudent groupscareers for english majorsundergraduate alumni profilesgraduategraduate resourcesgraduate admissionsguide to graduate studyphd programmfa+ma in creative writing and englishma programcourse descriptionsawards & publicationsannual writing competitionfaculty publicationsteaching awardsalumni eopleundergraduategraduateawards & ment of englishundergraduatecreative u for: undergraduateundergraduate homefirst-year focusliteraturecreative writingmajorsminorsadvisingcreative writing faqhonorsindependent studycourse descriptionsacademic policiesacademic resourcesstudent groupscareers for english majorsundergraduate alumni creative writing h course creative writing major is an undergraduate concentration within the english department at northwestern university and one of the first and finest undergraduate creative writing programs in the country. Its reputation based on the accomplishments of its graduates, the generosity of its professors, and a pedagogy that creates a fruitful symbiosis between close reading and inventive writing. Award-winning authors teach poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as courses that cross genres, guiding students to examine literary works as writers and encouraging them to study the best literary models. Professors and students work in a close-knit community as they write their own stories, novellas, poems and essays within the living tradition of creative writing majors begin taking creative writing courses in their sophomore year and complete the yearlong “sequence” of study during their junior year, and some have the opportunity to complete an additional honors project before graduation (see recommended schedule for prospective writing majors below). Students also learn from prominent visiting writers at our annual festival of writing in the spring. Recent graduates of the program include macarthur “genius” award winner karen russell; veronica roth, whose bestselling novel “divergent” was first drafted while she was a student; poet peter kline; and award-winning essayist angela t creative writing faculty include chris abani, eula biss, brian bouldrey, john bresland, averill curdy, sheila donohue, reginald gibbons, mary kinzie, juan martinez, shauna seliy, megan stielstra, natasha trethewey and rachel jamison creative writing program also offers two minors; the sequence-based minor and, for those not pursuing one of the year-long sequences, the non-application based cross-genre minor in creative and upcoming creative writing events can be found here. While not required for creative writing, these are excellent background courses for writing students, and also serve as prerequisites for the english literature major. May apply to the creative writing program in the spring of your sophomore year or in the spring of your junior students fulfill their requirements--of 206, 207 and 208--well before the time of application to the program. If that happens, we recommend that you stay in writing practice and continue building your portfolio by taking one of our 300-level writing courses--306, 307 or 308--or take a course through the center for writing arts--numbered writing 301, 302, 303, or 304. Please see jennifer britton, assistant director of creative writing, for further suggestions and help with course students interested in the creative writing major must take two introductory writing courses, one in poetry (eng 206) and one in either fiction (207) or creative nonfiction (208), before applying to the program. On the 200-level, no prior knowledge of the genre is english department creative writing course may be audited or taken pass/ school of professional studies also offers courses under the titles eng 206, 207 and 208. These do not count toward any course of study within the creative writing year students may not register for eng 206 until the winter s may not register for english 206 until add/drop ion to the next stage of the creative writing major or the sequence-based minor in creative writing, the year-long 300-level advanced course sequences, is competitive. An applicant may be admitted to study as a major, a minor, or a sequence-only preference in admission is currently given to those who apply to the sequences, though there are later opportunities open only to creative writing majors, including participation in senior honors, one-on-one conferences with visiting writers-in-residence, and the winter senior readings series. Applications are available online and in the department of english office (university hall 215) at the beginning of spring and practice of poetry (eng 393), fiction (394), and creative nonfiction (395). Year-long sequences of courses ask students to pursue a rigorous program that includes close reading of literary texts, explication and critical writing, imitation and modeling, and original creative work.
Northwestern university creative writing
Departing from northwestern’s typical quarter system, the sequences are arranged in two consecutive begin in the fall with specialized courses in the fundamental technical and rhetorical bases of each genre. Creative nonfiction students focus on essay forms, logical method, authorial tone, and techniques of discourse and description. In all genres, imitations and models of great writers are second half of the sequence in each genre is devoted to intensive writing of a longer original work-a poem of at least 120 lines or an essay or novella of 50 to 70 that in the event further work in fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry is desired outside the year-long sequence, eng 206, 207, and 208 may be repeated up to two times for wcas credit. Advanced one-quarter courses in creative writing (eng 306, 307, and 308) are also offered for addition to the sequences, creative writing majors must take:Eng 392 - the situation of writing. The situation of writing,” which is typically offered in the winter quarter, investigates the writer’s relation to the culture, both currently and historically. This requirement ensures that writing majors will have had experience reading and writing in all three major non-dramatic modes of imaginative 300-level literature courses must be “pure literature”; that is, courses in which the bulk of the reading is literature and not criticism or theory. These must be approved by a creative writing addition to the sequences, creative writing sequence-based minors must take:Two 300-level literature courses must be “pure literature”; that is, courses in which the bulk of the reading is literature and not criticism or theory. They must be selected from english department offerings only:One on material written prior to on material written after ts not pursuing a creative writing minor through one of the year-long sequences have a way to minor in writing that provides advanced training in a core genre as well as opening up the curriculum to the crossing of will be a variety of courses to choose from, as well as one-term core genre workshops on the advanced level offered by faculty including continuing appointments in the english department such as fiction-writer stuart dybek and distinguished visitors in the center for the writing arts (cwa courses are by application only; check their website for further information). To the lively atmosphere for undergraduate writers at northwestern are several publishing and academic initiatives including the student-run and published prompt literary magazine. Writing by students at northwestern is recognized by the award-winning student literary magazine, helicon, and by the department of english annual writing competition, held in the spring. The first story i wrote at northwestern had all these crazy car accidents and things. I still believe our program at northwestern is as good as any graduate program in the country. It was nice to have the opportunity when i was 19 to spend so much time reading and writing with these other writers. As a creative nonfiction student in the creative writing program, i was pushed hard -- by my professors and fellow writers -- to find my voice. Professor mary kinzie, founder of the creative writing program and award-winning sional for public estern university school of professional ed graduate sional for public ng learning (olli).
Ve writingwriters develop their craft through workshop-based critique, analysis of literature and a curriculum that offers a high level of m areasgraduatecreative up for emails and print an information m overviewmaster of arts and fine arts in creative part-time graduate program in creative writing provides students the opportunity to grow as artists within the specializations of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. This program is also the home of literary journal y perspectivesdistinguished authors and ma-mfa in creative writing faculty members stuart dybek, faculty director christine sneed, and naeem murr share their thoughts on writing and on northwestern's ma-mfa dybekthe craft of writingchristine sneedon developing fictionnaeem murradvice for writersrecent and continuing faculty include:To help students determine the strengths and weaknesses of their writing, and learn how to evaluate criticism of their teach students how to take their writing apart, re-think and revise show students how to experiment with different styles and guide students in creating a publishable manuscript or portion of teach students how to read literature as a writer and a train students to teach creative writing, informed by current pedagogy and classroom give students the opportunity to edit an international literary magazine with their provide students with the tools to create strong applications for jobs in teaching, publishing, and ulum requirementsdepending on whether they choose the ma or the mfa track, students complete 10 or 18 courses. Students can take a maximum of 2 independent study courses as in creative writingthe 18-course curriculum includes seven workshops in a concentration, six electives and two thesis courses to complete the mfa program courses (10 courses). Thesis writing ves are chosen from the graduate course offerings in the master of arts in literature program, creative writing special topics courses (mcw 490) and the seminars and internships (practica) in teaching and publishing. Recent electives include courses on reading poetry; the narrator in fiction, nonfiction and poetry; and writing humor. Independent studies round out the program and provide an opportunity to strengthen writing final project of both the ma and mfa programs is a creative thesis, an original work of high literary merit (judged on the basis of art as well as craft). The creative thesis is structured and revised under the supervision of a faculty member (or faculty mentor) and a second reader. And for students who plan to pursue book-length publication after graduation, the master's creative thesis may be the first version of a work in 420-0 introduction to digital do we better understand the conjuncture of logies and the humanities? 411-0 poetry h close reading of published work and student poems, op focuses on the elements of the art of poetry and on s of writing poems, examining language, line, syntax, rhythm,Sound, figures of speech, structure, and the implications ent poetic stances. Poetics and craft are at the heart sion, annotation, and 413-0 fiction student work and published short stories, the es the craft of fiction writing. 413-0 fiction writing write, we revise, we write some more: most workshops focus bookends, but this course is designed to help you internalize revision practices that may work best for 'll generate two pieces during our first two class meetings, 'll spend the rest of the quarter subjecting them to 413-0 fiction writing this fiction workshop we will explicate and critique ts and short stories, as well as student work. For example, we er the many uses of reported speech, why a writer one point of view over another, what makes for a g, what work has to be done during the development of a story to create a powerful and resonant ending, how a work n finds and develops the “language” by which it speaks meaning, what the keys to creating characters that x and compelling are, and how a writer recognizes when he is too present in his or her own work, undermining the e between reader, writer, and character—the sacred trinity 413-dl fiction writing this inaugural online fiction workshop, students will submit for workshop discussion two original short stories -alone novel chapters, take part in prescheduled g sessions, and participate in craft discussions of by contemporary fiction writers. Especial emphasis will on the art of characterization and on the study of point 461-0 or 461-dl creative nonfiction ve nonfiction workshops may focus on essays, memoirs,Cultural criticism, literary journalism, nature or travel related forms. The class of creative nonfiction, authorial distance, structure,Aspects of style and other elements of craft. 461-0 creative nonfiction chicago and cities around the world confront tension ng social inequalities and dramatic environmental change,This workshop focuses on how writers have in the past and use the powers of image, language, narrative, fact, ical skills to document, challenge power, and give voice voiceless in the ongoing evolution of the iton in particular with its flexibility in form and style had a vital role in both shaping public debate and also in upholding justice and democratic institutions.
Assignments challenge students to t issues related to chicago or elsewhere as well ences of 461-0 creative nonfiction ry journalists build stories from facts, which they ively. But literary journalists do more than ation; they engage and move readers with techniques ated with the writing of fiction. You’ll learn from each other in the 479-0 poetry for prose class examines how the art of poetry can improve g of fiction and creative nonfiction. Previously known as writing across genres; 480-0 prose for class examines how prose strategies, resources, and apply to poetry. This course fulfills the ement for poetry students and may be taken as an elective n and nonfiction 570-0 teaching creative seminar incorporates a theory-to-practice approach ng creative writing. Students examine different modes of teaching - exercises, critical papers, ve work, and reading for writing. This count towards the american studies, chicago studies,History or interdisciplinary studies specializations in the arts in liberal studies and advanced graduate study course may count towards the american literature, isciplinary studies specializations in the master of arts ture and advanced graduate study certificate may also count as an elective in the creative 405-0 20th c british & american 's modern about modern literature? Thomas hardy, the last of victorian novelists, and a writer who never decadent, nevertheless ceased writing novels after ted both tess of the d’urbervilles (1892) and jude e (1895) as sexually immoral. Literature course or elective in the creative writing note, this course is a hybrid which will meet in person 28, may 19, and june 9. Living and writing in a period of ific, technological, social, political, and economic well as civil and world war, each created radically ive forms to register modern time and modern times from etical vantage points, respectively, of colonial dublin imperial london metropolis. Through a selection of ’s major works, we’ll explore their creative interventions ry genres (e. May also count towards the religious and ethical studies isciplinary studies specialization in the master of arts l studies and advanced graduate study certificate may also count as a literature course or elective in ve writing program. It may also count towards isciplinary studies specialization in the master of arts l studies and advanced graduate study certificate may also count as a literature course or elective in ve writing program. Latina/o science fiction has often been thought of as h-language genre, in fact latin america has its own y of science fiction writing. Literature course or elective in the creative 480-0 french & francophone women’s course is devoted to the exciting efflorescence of women’g in french that began in the postwar period with a ng forth of novels by women--existentialist novels, novels, novels of interethnic love and loss, ding to psychoanalytic and materialist feminist theories,Including novels exploring (or questing) a feminine relation and sexuality, writings of/on the body, writings tion, and literary engagements with the linguistic, racial,And sexual complexities of living or writing in diaspora.
We will read short theoretical pieces analytic feminists and by lesbian materialists to develop tanding of the intellectual context in which creative , but the vast majority of our readings will be will include works by some the most talented and ed women writing in french, such as marguerite duras, , linda lê, anne garréta, marie darrieussecq, nina bourouai,And chloê delaume. Including, but not limited to, race, class, and gender) writers portray their own creative projects. Literature course or elective in the creative 492-0 after the american was the "american century"? This course instead contemporary novels and short stories as well as their tions, mostly but not exclusively produced in simply comparing these texts in terms of story or style, ask how literary fiction has itself changed in a environment where film rights are often sold before finished, and where financing, production, media circulation,And creative processes constantly change. Close readings of literature enhanced with some theoretical writings on cinema ives, war and postmodernism, empire and imperialism, lonial studies; we will attend to questions of gender, race,Disability, nation, subalternity. Theoretical and critical writings by ing paul virilio, friedrich kittler, richard slotkin llard, gayatri spivak, and edward said. May also count towards the american studies, history, isciplinary studies specializations in the master of arts l studies and advanced graduate study certificate may also count as a literature course or elective in ve writing program. This course may also s the american studies, chicago studies, history, isciplinary studies specializations in the master of arts l studies and advanced graduate study certificate may also count as a literature course or elective in ve writing program. It may also a literature course or an elective in the creative 490-0 representing our intensely visual culture, one of the last great n narratives hold over television and film is their represent their characters' inner lives. We will examine a wide range , including writings by henry james, viriginia woolf, er, franz kafka and yaakov shabtai. This course e readings with writing exercises and the 490-0 writing graduate course on the art of writing reviews ts of a seminar and a workshop. Faculty will also publishing reviews and the ethics of 490-0 writing course will take a serious look at how humor works on . We pay particular attention to how gender, race, culture provide different perspectives and critiques on how been historically depicted as well as on the tradition and travel writing itself. The goal students to come away with a new sense of how to bring compression to their work, no matter the genre or ts will produce at least three works of flash fiction, or brief creative nonfiction, each 2,000 words or less, n to written critiques of student ri kawabata described the master of go as "ul chronicle-novel. Students will aspects, temptations, and strengths in their own writing, course welcomes work from all three genres: students three creative writing projects in nonfiction, fiction, as part of the coursework.
Readings include and prose, fernando pessoa; satan says, ; the master of go, yasunari kawabata; street, james mcmanus; the situation and the story:The art of personal narrative, vivian gornick; and to write a poem on: a verse autobiography, shmuel 490-0 war, violence, course will address the ways in which war, violence ing are represented in writing and the ethical tical questions related to that. The writing include an analytical paper and an imitation 490-0 the video course focuses on applying literary techniques to ition of short multimedia essays. Rather, the video essay, p lopate, wears confusion proudly as it gropes toward varda, the poetic french filmmaker who coined the écriture, or film-writing, best described the promise of when noting that, for her, writing meant more than g a script. This course explores the many ways writing in the video essay form-writing for viewers ers rather than readers-differs from print. Readings and screenings include george orwell,Joan didion, don delillo, eric schlosser, ross mcelwee, 490-0 writing about this course we will read fiction, nonfiction, and working life, not the exotic but the everyday. We will discuss how to read as a and how to write in order to create particular effects is and vividness, and in several writing assignments we some of the modes, techniques, structures and voicings of on the reading list. I ed a small anthology of poems specifically for this course,And everyone will do a report to the group on a favorite poet,Highlighting technique and effect, and thus adding ques and artistic stances to the range of poetics in 490-0 revision: prose prose reading-and-writing class introduces students us ways of thinking about revising. Readings will include (but will limited to): essays on the subject of revisions, as well le published versions of the same works of fiction may take this class to satisfy the required prose 490-0 research in creative ch can enhance a written work in so many ing authenticity, context, raw material, setting,Juxtaposition, heft, lightness, and much more. Students with particular projects in mind d to contact the instructor as soon as possible so that sts can be included in the 490-0 research in creative ch can enhance a written work in so many ing authenticity, context, raw material, humor,Juxtaposition, heft, lightness, and much more. Students ular projects in mind are invited to contact the soon as possible so that their interests can be included in 490-0 reading and writing herodotus to basho, to contemporary experimentalists chatwin and kapuscinski, travel writers have had a nce on the genres of journalism, poetry, fiction, nonfiction,And film as well as the social and physical sciences. Looks at key writers of travel who have shaped literary ectual history by how they have written about cultures,Cities, nature, imperialism, and the subject of travel readings will serve as a foundation for discussion ng about the challenges and responsibilities in writing cultures, the environment, and the psychological and s of travel itself on parts of the world. Students will write a short travel essay that some local experience, as well as a longer work in a their choice—essay, memoir section, literary nonfiction,Fiction, poetry, or experimental hybrids of text and image/ts will also be responsible for writing an annotation a discussion about a particular writer of their choice who nced them in their writing about travel. Some of the be discussed: lucian, seneca, goethe, lady montagu, wordsworth,Darwin, thoreau, twain, whitman, proust, conrad, woolf, stark,Orwell, waugh, kerouac, morris, levi-strauss, naipaul, bishop,Baldwin, chatwin, matthiessen, dillard, iyer, kincaid, cole,Mcw 490-0 ya & middle grade fic/ writing class explores a variety of literature for (age 8 to 11) and young adult (age 12 through high school). 490-0 writing from works in needn’t speak a second language in order to grapple with ations of translation on a work and on a reader; but ivities heightened by the awareness of a work's strengthen one’s relationship not only to reading, but g as well, if only by displacing oneself from one’s ations—whatever one’s literary predilection. Work together, we will undertake to apprehend how ation might be a form in its own right, predicated on ng of borders, and thus able to teach us new approaches own fiction and creative nonfiction.
Students te a 10-15-page short film script by the end of the prior experience in screenwriting 490-0 making narrative this course, we’ll examine the myriad structures ques used by fiction writers to manipulate narrative ’ll ask questions that may only lead to more questions: ive a prisoner of time like us? On to writing weekly analyses (précis) related to ons, you'll be responsible for a full-length final on one of the major works and for leading at least sion on a formal choice one our writers has 490-0 the short compactness of the novella or short novel is what gives . Together we will compile a longer reading list of 490-0 cross-genre this class, we will explore the exciting world of , mapping the overlapping spaces between creative non-fiction,Poetry and fiction, and examining the ways that shuffling,Juxtaposition, truncation and lyricism can create work that ly surprising and deeply resonant. We will read and discuss book each week and will write and workshop two finished cross-genre writing. We will examine the intersections and creative non-fiction, autobiographical writing and in anne carson’s the glass essay, maggie nelson’ argonauts and claudia rankine’s citizen. In this course we engage creatively in the process of literary adaptations, sful films and their source texts, critical literature ology and interviews with writers who have done survey the range of approaches. In this close study of tion, students learn to distinguish between literary narrative structure; analyze a text for plot, pment and emotional arc; learn how to translate prose into scene; learn the three-act structure of screenwriting; astute readers of texts and watchers of film; hone g skills and give constructive peer feedback. No matter one'y genre as a writer, learning screenwriting through the literary adaptation will expand the writer's toolbox and insight on the creative 490-0 between the sheets: writing can be awkward at times but it turns out it is even write about. Using exercises, readings,Discussions and critiques, we will learn some useful techniques g sex out of our heads and onto the 490-dl writing for class is designed for students who have an interest in and craft of writing for television. The best porary realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy, ical fiction are used to explore craft issues, of view, plotting and pacing, character development, setting,Mcw_seminar 490-0 plot and structure for writer alexander chee once told me that writing a novel going into the woods with a saw and hammer to build a blueprints, you have your memories of all the novels you’. In addition to the critical reading and writing intended out the work under consideration, you will also have unity to work in this class on your own _seminar 575-0 the publishing g students are often well read, with a solid literary tradition, but often have limited knowledge of ry in which they hope to participate. By the end of the quarter, students will have a of book and journal publishing and a well-developed sense writer's position within ve writingprogram overviewcourse schedulefacultyadmissiontuition and financial aidregistration informationcareer te optionsfeatured facultystudent storiesfor new studentsimportant datesgraduate student handbookgraduate program faqsadmissionsstudent servicesroom application emergency estern estern of professional studies. Administration on-campus, e mediation training /television/ion skills training studies thropy and nonprofit project t management on-campus, icate in jewish this rg college of arts & ment of this ewseventscontact usnewsletterdirectionspeoplefacultyadministrationgraduate studentsstaffjob openingsundergraduatefirst-year focusliteraturecreative writingcourse descriptionsacademic policiesacademic resourcesstudent groupscareers for english majorsundergraduate alumni profilesgraduategraduate resourcesgraduate admissionsguide to graduate studyphd programmfa-ma in creative writing and englishma programcourse descriptionsawards & publicationsannual writing competitionfaculty publicationsteaching awardsalumni eopleundergraduategraduateawards & ment of englishgraduatemfa-ma in creative writing and u for: graduategraduate homegraduate resourcesgraduate admissionsguide to graduate studyphd programmfa-ma in creative writing and englishrequirementsadmissions processprogram facultyma programcourse -ma in creative writing and englishthis new, fully-funded program offers intimate classes, interplay between creative and critical work, and close mentorship by renowned faculty. Students in this select program will have time to deepen both their creative writing and their study of literature. They will receive support for three years, including two summers, to complete both degrees—an mfa in creative writing and an ma in g on innovative scholarship, deep immersion in process, and cross-pollination between critical and creative texts, students will complete book-length projects of their own design, either within or across genres.
Ve writinghone your craft, formalize your training and build a portfolio of work for application to mfa and ma/phd programs in m areaspost-baccalaureatecreative up for emails and print an information m overview:creative writing certificate programwriters who are serious about their craft can create a custom course of study to prepare for graduate programs in creative writing. In this post-baccalaureate certificate program, students hone their craft, formalize their training and build a solid portfolio of work for application to mfa and ma/phd programs in writing. Courses are conducted as writing workshops to allow for valuable feedback from a community of fellow writers. As students analyze and write creative work and learn about the publishing world, their creative development is guided by instructors who are respected writers themselves. Students can explore a variety of writing areas, or they may specialize their course of study based on experience and discipline — fiction, creative nonfiction or t informationprogram ve writing post-baccalaureate certificate students will:Explore a range of literary works and aesthetic a rigorous background in the fundamentals of creative writing by working with established poets and prose about the literary publishing industry and develop a sense of the writer's position within a solid portfolio through the development of a regular writing from the following:English 206 reading/writing h 207 reading/writing h 208 reading/writing h 306-a advanced poetry h 307-a advanced fiction h 307-b advanced fiction h 308-a advanced nonfiction h 308-b advanced nonfiction onal informationstudents should have some academic writing experience before beginning the creative writing post-baccalaureate ve writingprogram overviewacceptance criteriatuitionregistration -baccalaureate optionsaward-winning facultystudent storiessearch coursesfor new studentsimportant datestuitionstudent handbookpost-baccalaureate faqstudent application emergency estern estern of professional studies. Program at northwestern among first of its kind and jennifer leischner rg college of arts and estern law, kellogg to partner on san francisco immersion r 24, 2017 – g dean emeritus don jacobs dies at r 31, 2017 – r 23, 2017 – logist receives prestigious packard r 26, 2017 – science & from eden and steven romick to support cancer r 25, 2017 – chilean ambassador to argentina to discuss havana peace r 23, 2017 – gton bureau chiefs discuss -q hosts timely media logist receives prestigious packard fellowship.