Description
In this reading-intensive writing course we focus on the basic unit of prose composition: the sentence. In addition to crafting a portfolio of original prose (fiction and/or nonfiction), students will learn grammar essentials such as how to identify parts of speech and how to diagram sentences. Reading as creative writers, students will also experience a selection of world-class novels, novellas, essays, and reference texts united by their preoccupation with beautiful sentences. This classroom is analog-only--no screens, no digital media. Hard copies required: James Baldwin, Collected Essays; Lydia Davis, Essays One; Jon Fosse, Trilogy: Gerald Murnane, Barley Patch; William Strunk and E.B. White’s The Elements of Style; and Virginia Tufte, Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style.