Writing Short Texts

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this course, we'll investigate the piercing and propulsive properties of short texts. While many of the texts we'll read are by poets, we'll encounter a range of genres including essays, short stories, captions, letters, annotations, fragments, and epigrams. In addition to trying out hands at a variety of short forms, we'll also examine how writers assemble short texts into sequences and longer works, ultimately using these methods to conceive of and configure final projects of our own. Coursework will include in- and out-of-class writing, collaborations, workshops, presentations, and a final project.