UNDERGRADUATE Electives for Nonm

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205.001
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
1:00-2:15 MW
Pahmeier

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205.002
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
8:00-9:15 TR
Johnston

What gives writing “energy”? Why do you finish some books in one sitting, or put others down part way through the first chapter? Although these questions have no easy answers, we will explore some possible ones in this class. Our work will involve discussing various genres of creative writing (namely prose and poetry), as well as “writing processes” in creative writing. Each of you will experiment with writing both poetry and fiction, even if you don’t plan to write in one particular genre for the long haul. Experimentation will help you generate a great deal of writing while putting aside fears of writing “badly”. Perhaps you will even develop a love for a genre that you previously avoided! We will workshop your writing and discuss writing samples from published writers that you discover and enjoy. Workshops will foster discussion and inquiry—not condemnation. We will function on the principle that in order to write well, you have to be willing to take risks and “fail” (although no effort is truly failure if you’re willing to learn from it and continue). In order to create a productive and supportive writing environment for everyone, regular attendance and participation is essential.

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205.003
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
1:00-2:15 TR
Camarena

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This course examines how people argue for their points of view by surveying the world’s major persuasive traditions as well as current theories
of persuasion in digital media. Students will investigate these topics via group research projects, short essays, and exams.

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In this class, you will travel from English Romanticism of the early 19th century to Modernism and Post-Modernism of our day and age. During the travel we will routinely
stop at major stations that will include fervent young Romantic poets like Keats, Shelley, and Wordsworth, as well as Victorians like Dickens and Tennyson. We will also
delve into some 20th-century epic fantasy, besides enjoying stalwart literary figures like Eliot, Auden, Lawrence, and Shaw.

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For details on this course, you may contact the instructor at grecu@unr.nevada.edu

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252.002
Introduction to Drama
5:30-6:45 TR
Grecu

For details on this course, you may contact the instructor at grecu@unr.nevada.edu

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Writing in the Real World, is an upper level writing course for all majors which introduces them to a variety of nonacademic and nonfiction forms: the familiar
essay, the expository article, the review, the report, the proposal.

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This course will teach writing about film, with a focus on learning to write in several genres including review, analysis, and research. The class requires you to respond
critically in writing to film and to learn use a variety of theoretical approaches in your writing. We will survey American film of the last century, and learn the vocabulary of
film analysis. In addition to your reading & writing assignments, you are required to watch one feature-length film per week outside of class. A screening time will be
scheduled Wednesday evenings, or you may watch the film on your own time in the library.

Timothy Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing on Film, 7th Ed. Pearson/Longman, 2009.
Bernard F. Dick, Anatomy of Film, 6th Ed. Bedford/St. Martins, 2009.
Additional readings on Course Reserves

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The Stories We Tell Ourselves

In this English 331: Themes in Literature course, we will explore the human effort to create meaning, affirm personal realities, and establish identity through story.
We will examine the function of narrative as it both reflects and shapes what we believe to be real. Classic examples of fiction, including short works by D.H.
Lawrence, Joyce, Chekhov, Hemingway, and others, as well as some very contemporary literary works and films will serve as examples of how literature tackles
self-deception, the quest for identity, and the instability of “reality.” For more information about this course, contact the instructor, Nancy Jackson,
at jackso82@unr.nevada.edu .