ENGL 453 - Writing War and Peace: The Joiner Center Summer Writers’ Workshop

1 Credit(s) | Seminar | Pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit up to 3 times/3credits

Description:
Offered every summer by the Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, the weeklong Summer Writers’ Workshop focuses on the intersections of creative writing, war, social justice, and peace making. This course offers participating students the option of earning one academic credit for completing the workshop and submitting required writing assignments. The workshop features intensive workshop classes in poetry, fiction, memoir and non-fiction with distinguished writers; readings and performances by faculty, students, and veterans; special master classes in creative writing; and a community dedicated to creative responses to war. Students will be required to attend five days of intensive creative workshop sessions (for a minimum of 12 course hours) on campus with faculty, plus master classes in craft, translation, and creative writing throughout the week. Students taking the workshop for academic credit will be required to submit a portfolio of written work and a reflection on their participation in the workshop. The course is open to both veterans and non-veterans. The course may be taken pass/fail only.

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