1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

..101 Creative Writing: Narration (Short Story). I, II. 3 hr. Purpose and pattern of themodem short story; study of examples in the current periodicals; special assignmentsand conferences with individual students on a minimum number of short stories.102. Creative Writing: Fiction. I, II. 3 hr. Workshop course for students to explorefurther their interests in writing fiction. Emphasis on studying the craft and analyzingthe student's own work.103. Creative Writing: Poetry. I, II. 3 hr. Practice in basic techniques of writing poetry.Possibilities and limitations of the poetic genre. Primary emphasis on image, metaphor,and development by association.104. Creative Writing: Poetic Forms. I, II. 3 hr. Practice in the basic techniques ofwriting open and dosed forms of poetry. Primary emphasis on rhythm, sound, tone,and voice.105. Business English. I, II, S. 3 hr. PR: Engl. 1 and 2. (Typing may be required.)Assembling economic and commercial data, and writing business correspondenceand reports; covers content, organization, style and conventions of grammar andusage.106. Journal Writing. I, II. 3 hr. PR: Engl. 1 and 2 or equiv. Practice in writing asequence of structured exercises designed to enhance creativity and awareness.Students also study the theories on which these exercises are based and apply themto the autobiographical writings of others.108. Advanced Composition. I, II. 3 hr. PR: Engl. 1 and 2. Composition for studentswho wish to further develop their expository and argumentative writing skills.111. The English Language. I, II, S. 3 hr. Study of the structure of contemporaryEnglish and how it works: the sound system and word-formation and sentenceformationsystems and how they interact to create meaning.112. Words and Usage. I, II. 3 hr. Practical vocabulary building, English grammar andusage. Attention to the derivation, history, and meaning of words, and to the principlesof syntax and grammar.1 13. American English. I, II. 3 hr. Historical survey of the development of AmericanEnglish from the time of colonization to the present. Attention to social, cultural,economic, and political forces that have influenced the development of AmericanEnglish. Emphasis on the Appalachian dialect.1 25. World Literature. I, II. 3 hr. Selected readings in the works of authors of worldliterature both ancient and modern.130. Biography and Autobiography. I, II. 3 hr. Biography and autobiography as agenre; representative works chosen for their literary value and their interest andrelevance in contemporary life; figures in the arts, sciences, business, and public life.131 American Fiction. I, II. 3 hr. Reading of short stories and novels by Americanauthors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.132. Poetry. I, II. 3 hr. Appreciation and enjoyment of poems through critical andanalytical reading. Studies in the various types of poetry, and of the language,imagery, and techniques of poetic expression.133. The Short Story. I, II. 3 hr. The short story's structure, history, and contemporaryforms.134. Modern Drama. I, II. 3 hr. World drama from Ibsen to the present.English Language and Literature Courses 351