Course Syllabus

I. Course Title : Creative Writing
II. Course No. : English 406
III. School Year : Summer 2009, SY 2008-2009

IV. Faculty

V. Department

VI. College

VII Course Description :

This course is the study and application or methods or techniques of creative writing which is mainly sensitive and imaginative writing, materials sources and uses, understanding and form, and mastery of style for expression and communication.

IX. Course Format :

a. Lecture and Discussion
b. Reading, Appreciation and Evaluation of selected poetry and other literary pieces
c. Participation in CSC GS Creative Writing Web Blog Forum
d. Intensive Creative Writing Exercises

X. Course Content :

a. Creative Writing: Overview and Techniques
b. Creative Fiction
- Overview
- Poem
- Short Story/Flash Fiction
- Novel
c. Creative Nonfiction
- Overview
- Strategies of Creative Nonfiction
- Types of Creative Nonfiction
d. Other Allied Topics
- Online Writing
- Speech Writing
- Interviewing Skills and Techniques

XI. Course References :

a. Creative Nonfiction: Manual for Filipino Writers
by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
The University of the Philippines Press
Second Edition 2005

b. Creative Nonfiction: A Reader
by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
The University of the Philippines Press
Second Edition 2005

c. The Writing Commitment
by Michael E. Adelstein and Jean G. Pival
University of Kentucky
Copyright 1984

d. Literature and Society
By Thelma E. Arambulo, Ruth Jordana Pison and Naida U. Rivera
University of the Philippines – Open University
Copyright 2000

e. Development of Print and Radio Communication Materials Vol. I
by Mia Liza Lustria
University of the Philippines Open University

f. Speech Communication
by Josefina A. Agravante and Villy Ath. Buenaventura
University of the Philippines – Open University
Second Printing, 2002

g. Online Writing Resources on Creative Writing
h. Literary Writing Workshop Handouts

XII: Course Requirements
- Attendance
- Recitations
- Suitcase of Written Outputs for online uploading
- Intensive Writing Exercises
- Mid Term Examination
- Final Examination

XIII. Course Policies

- Completion of writing exercises
- Participation in Creative Writing Blog Forum

Consultation Time: 5:30 – 6:00 weekdays
Venue: PR and Information Services Office
Catanduanes State Colleges


Prepared by:

GERRY S. RUBIO, MDC
Teacher

Approved:


DR. LILIA V. BRIÑES
Dean



DR. AIDA A. DIANELA
Vice President, Academic Affairs