Skill enhancement course · English · Semester 1 · FY BA · 2 credits · 50 marks · 30 hours
Module 1
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A) Fundamentals of Creative Writing:
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Meaning and Significance of Creative Writing
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Verse as a Creative form
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Research for Creative Writing
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B) Elements of Verse:
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Poetic Devices
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Elements of Style
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Grammar and Non-grammar
Module 2
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A) Composing Traditional Forms of Verse:
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Lyric • limerick
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Ode
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Sonnet
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Narrative poem
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B) Composing New Forms of Verse
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Free Verse
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Haiku
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Acrostics
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Graphic Poem
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Digital Poetry
References
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Abrams, M.H. Glossary of Literary Terms. Boston: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2005.
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Atwood, Margaret. Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing. Cambridge: CUP, 2002.
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Bell, James Scott. How to Write Dazzling Dialogue.CA: Compendium Press, 2014.
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Bell, Julia and Magrs, Paul. The Creative Writing Course-Book. London: Macmillan, 2001.
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Blackstone, Bernard. Practical English Prosody. Mumbai: Orient Longman, 1984.
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Clark, Roy Peter. Writing Tools.US: Brown and Company, 2008.
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Earnshaw, Steven (Ed). The Handbook of Creative Writing. Edinburgh: EUP, 2007.
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Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1986.
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Hamer, Enid. The Metres of English Poetry. Booksway, 2014.
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Johnson, Jeannie. Why Write Poetry? US:F. D. Univ. Press, 2007.
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Mezo, Richard E. Fire i’ the Blood: A Handbook of Figurative Language. USA: Universal Publishers/uPUBLISH.com, 1999.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul. What Is Literature? And Other Essays. Harvard: Harvard Univ. Press, 1988.
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Show, Mark. Successful Writing for Design, Advertising and Marketing. New York: Laurence King, 2012.
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Strunk, William and White, E. B. The Elements of Style. London: Longman, 1999.
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Ueland, Brenda. If You Want to Write. India: General Press, 2019.
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Zinsser, William. On Writing Well. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
