Programs in English: Creative Writing (CRW)

The concentration in creative writing offers undergraduates a structure in which they may not only read poetry, fiction and plays but also write them. Although some of our students go on to graduate programs in creative writing, the emphasis of the concentration is not professional. Our concern is to make our concentrators better readers as well as more experienced writers.

Requirements for Major in English--Concentration in Creative Writing

APPLICATION FOR ACCEPTANCE INTO CONCENTRATION:

The creative writing faculty will evaluate applications on the basis of the following material:

1. Evidence of the successful completion of an introductory level writing workshop in either poetry, fiction, or script writing.
2. Submission of a dossier demonstrating the quality of the applicant's writing in at least one genre (poetry, fiction, script writing).
3. A recommendation from a member of the creative writing faculty.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CREATIVE WRITING CONCENTRATION, CONTACT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

Professor Fleda Brown--831-6749, fleda@udel.edu
Professor Bernard Kaplan--831-2379, bkaplan@udel.edu
Professor Cruce Stark--831-3652, cstark@udel.edu
Professor Jeanne Walker--831-3659, jwalker@udel.edu

CORE SEQUENCE

All majors must complete five of the following six courses:

ENGL 202-- Biblical and Classical Literature
ENGL 205--British Literature I
ENGL 206--British Literature II
ENGL 300--Texts and Contexts
ENGL 324-- Shakespeare
ENGL 340-- American Literature to the Civil War
OR
ENGL 341--American Literature: Civil War to World War II

LITERATURE COURSES

In addition to the core sequence, English majors concentrating in journalism will take one course at the 300- level or above from each of the following groups (2 courses total):

Medieval and Renaissance literature (excluding ENGL 324 OR Literature between 1700 and 1900 Modern literature OR Cultural and theoretical studies

One other literature course is required. This course may be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level if one of the courses taken in the above two groups is a 480 seminar. Otherwise, this additional course must be a 480 seminar.

CREATIVE WRITING COURSES

Students concentrating in creative writing must also take:

• ENGL 207--Introduction to Poetry
• ENGL 208--Introduction to Drama, OR ENGL 209--Introduction to the Novel

3 courses from the following courses, in two genres:

• ENGL 304--Poetry Writing
• ENGL 305--Fiction Writing
• ENGL 306--Topics in Writing: Scriptwriting
• ENGL 404--Advanced Poetry
• ENGL 405--Advanced Fiction Writing
  (All courses require permission of instructor.)