ENW5130 Advanced Seminar in Creative Writing
This course examines the history and theories of Creative Writing, with particular attention to both community-based Creative Writing and the post-WWII period of graduate creative writing initiated by the advent of the first program in the field, the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Students will read several historical and theoretical texts that describe and critique this historical development. They will also be introduced to a wide variety of models through which the Creative Writing workshop model has been used in K-12 schools, community centers, workplaces, prisons, and other public and private spaces. Students will also study the fundamentals of critical pedagogy as it pertains to creative writing.