UNDERGRADUATE Electives for Nonm

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205.001
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
11:00-11:50 MWF
Calabrese

For details on this course, you may contact the instructor at calabj@unr.edu or at 682-6363.

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205.002
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
5:30-6:45 MW
Ludden

This is a workshop format class deigned to introduce students creative writing. The class will look critically at professional pieces and also student work with an
emphasis on revision. The class will look at different forms and formats of poetry and fiction as well as how to adapt their style to fit the material. Students will work
to develop their own style and voice.

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205.003
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
9:30-10:45 TR
Ghymn

This workshop-based class will explore structure, form, and themes of both short fiction and poetry. Through discussion, reading, and writing drafts, we will
examine the methodology of the "writer as artist". A variety of readings (short stories and poetry) will be assigned, but the heart of this class is the workshop: drafting
creative pieces to be discussed in a round-table format, designed to hone craft and focus talent. Creativity is a must!

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Are you a lover of cultures, languages, foreign traditions and literatures? Then welcome to this course that takes you back in time to well over 1000 B.C., and
gives you a peek into an old and ancient culture, preserved in probably one of the oldest documents in the world (The Rig Veda) and written in the oldest
of the Indo-European languages – Sanskrit. Then chronologically step into golden ages as we travel with Chinese and Arabic travelers – Fah-sien and Ibn Battuta
and their recorded travels on the subcontinent. Or dabble in some of the earliest known folk tales and fables (The Panchatantra), or a famous play of ancient
times - the romance of Shakuntala - the best in Sanskrit drama and poetry. Or, if your palate desires something of a modern turn, then heed the wisdom of Gandhi,
or enjoy the poetry of the first Asian Nobel Laureate - Tagore. Or, if you just like a good story, and a historical one at that, then you’re in good company as you
listen to a Maharani (queen) relive the glory of Princely India before Indian Independence, or hear an angry brigadier’s account and analysis of the disastrous Indo-Chinese
War of 1962. In other words, welcome to a taste of India – not only the narrow sliver of E.M.Forster’s tales, but the India behind the name, the history, the diversity,
and the cultures.

In this class we will make a survey of a few principal works of the literature of India, beginning with The Rig Veda of 1000 B.C. and beyond, and ending in a
biographical story of India which was published in Ireland in December 2009. We will be mainly studying excerpts from translations, and a few original works in
English that belong to the 20^th and 21^st centuries, in order to understand and truly appreciate the peoples and cultures of an emerging giant – India - and the role
that it plays in our world.

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For details on this course, you may contact the instructor at grecu@unr.edu or at 682-6370.

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For details on this course, you may contact the instructor at lstookey@unr.edu or at 682-6371.

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For details on this course, you may contact the instructor at lstookey@unr.edu or at 682-6371.