Creative Writing (ENCW)

ENCW 101. Creative Writing. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Introduction to creative writing through the reading and writing of poetry and prose (fiction or creative nonfiction). Does not count toward the creative writing concentration or minor. Prerequisite: seniors by permission of the instructor.

ENCW 102. Writing Fiction. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
In this introductory fiction workshop, students will read and discuss contemporary and classic texts with a writer’s eye. Completing fiction exercises and revisions as well as responding to one another’s work, they will use the techniques and habits of successful writers to enhance their own writing and creativity.

ENCW 104. Creative Writing: Poetry. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
In this introductory course in writing poetry, students will read and discuss poems with a writer’s eye. Completing poetry exercises and revisions as well as responding to one another’s work, they will build their own skills and expand their ideas of what poems can do.

ENCW 1NT. Creative Writing Non-traditional Study. .5-1 Credits.

Offered Fall, Spring, Summer; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies
Non-traditional study in English. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 202. Fiction Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Principles of writing fiction, with constant practice. Designed for students planning to concentrate or minor in creative writing. Preference given to juniors, sophomores, and first-year students. Prerequisite: seniors by permission of the instructor.

ENCW 203. Creative Nonfiction Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Theory and practice of creative nonfiction, including travel writing, memoir, and other forms. Designed for students planning to concentrate or minor in creative writing. Preference given to juniors, sophomores, and first-year students. Prerequisite: seniors by permission of the instructor.

ENCW 204. Poetry Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Principles of writing poetry, with constant practice. Designed for students planning to concentrate or minor in creative writing. Preference given to juniors, sophomores, and first-year students. Prerequisite: seniors by permission of the instructor.

ENCW 205. Screenwriting Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
Principles of screenwriting with constant practice. Designed for students interested in creative writing or Film/Media Studies.

ENCW 210. Special Topic in Creative Writing. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
Studies in such topics as prosody, stylistics, characterization, or narrative theory. Course emphasizes formal or structural elements within particular genres and an appreciation of craft from a writer's perspective. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 211. Topics: Writing Foreign Places. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
This course in the reading and writing of personal narrative and lyric essays about foreign places is designed for students interested in writing out of experiences of travel and/or other kinds of cultural displacement. Each student will define "foreign" in relation to him or herself.

ENCW 212. Literary Arts Administration and Editing. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Focused on literary arts administration and editing, this course is particularly useful for students interested in careers in the world of arts administration and/or publishing. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 220. Comedy and Satire Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
Students will explore satire and humor in fiction through the work of comic writers, including Kurt Vonnegut, George Saunders, and Donald Barthelme. The focus will be on analyzing craft (i.e. hyperbole, understatement, the surreal) and on employing these elements in exercises, stories, and class workshops.

ENCW 221. Topics: Short Short Fiction. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
Developing a sense of the foundational elements of short form fiction through reading and discussion of a variety of American and international writers, students will challenge conventions as they draft their own short form fiction and respond to one another’s work.

ENCW 222. Topics: Writing Culture in Fiction. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
Students will be able to produce fictional work dealing with various aspects of their own culture, and with various aspects of cultures outside of their own, both with an eye to social consequence. Questions that will be considered: What constitutes a culture? What are its different manifestations in life?.

ENCW 230. Topics: Writing Nature. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This creative writing “form and theory” course explores writing about nature in several traditions with attention to the ways in which nature is inscribed in language and expressed by literary forms. It examines critical moments in the evolution of cultural awareness of nature in the West. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

ENCW 231. Environmental Writing. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This is a course in creative nonfiction focused on writing about the environment. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 232. Topics: Literary Journalism. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Literary journalists engage the world via fact-based methods including interview, research, and first-hand observation. Using unique personal perspectives, they write in-depth, non-fiction stories employing both narrative and essayistic techniques. Students should aim to write with immediacy via vivid storytelling, while also placing events and experiences within broader cultural contexts.

ENCW 237. Internship. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:4; Repeatable
Two competitive internships are offered: Stadler Center Internship provides practical experience in and insight into arts management; West Branch Internship provides practical experience in and insight into literary publishing. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 240. Ecopoetics. 1 Credit.

Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
An exploration of poetry as site-specific ecological practice. Intended for students interested in both Creative Writing and Environmental Studies. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ENST 227.

ENCW 241. Topics: Poetry, Mind, Nature. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
In the reading and writing of poetry that observes the natural world explores the relationship between such poetry and the human imagination. The course involves workshops as well as fieldwork, which provides material for poems and increases students' ability to identify local flora and fauna. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 242. Long Poems & Sequences Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
Students will read and discuss a variety of long poems and poetic sequences as a way of exploring various structures and subjects for the two long poems or sequences they will write and workshop over the course of the semester. Some degree of comfort with poetic process is expected.

ENCW 250. The Writing World. .5 Credits.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:1.5; Repeatable
Students will discover and engage with the Creative Writing community at Bucknell (as well as with the greater writing community) through a community- and career-focused sequence of practical assignments, culminating in a group project in which students will identify a local need and design an event to address it.

ENCW 2NT. Creative Writing Non-traditional Study. 1 Credit.

Offered Fall, Spring, Summer; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; Repeatable
Non-traditional study in Creative Writing. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 302. Advanced Fiction Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
Advanced workshop in the writing of fiction. Prerequisites: Any 200-level Creative Writing (ENCW) course in creative nonfiction or fiction and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ENCW 602.

ENCW 303. Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
Advanced workshop in the writing of creative nonfiction. Prerequisites: Any 200-level Creative Writing (ENCW) course in creative nonfiction or fiction and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ENCW 603.

ENCW 304. Advanced Poetry Workshop. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
Advanced workshop in the writing of poetry. Prerequisites: Any 200-level Creative Writing (ENCW) course in poetry and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ENCW 608.

ENCW 319. Individual Projects in Creative Writing. .5-1 Credits.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies; Repeatable
Individual special projects supervised by instructor; honors thesis. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 323. Writing the Novel. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
Students will produce the first draft of a novel or section thereof. The first half of the semester will emphasize composition; the second, revision. Students will read a variety of novels and speak with authors. Prerequisite: any 200-level ENCW course in creative nonfiction or fiction and permission of the instructor.

ENCW 379. Senior Thesis. 1 Credit.

Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; Repeatable
The writing of a scholarly or creative departmental senior thesis. Students must confer with and submit a proposal to an adviser prior to registering for the thesis. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 380. Honors Thesis. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3; Repeatable
The writing of a scholarly or creative honors thesis. Students must confer with and submit a proposal to a departmental adviser and to the University Honors Council for approval. Prerequisites: senior status and permission of the instructor.

ENCW 391. Seminar in Poetry. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
A study of poetry as a genre and an analysis of the work of selected poets. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

ENCW 3NT. Creative Writing Non-traditional Study. 1-1.5 Credits.

Offered Fall, Spring, Summer; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies
Non-traditional study in Creative Writing. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.