Skill enhancement course · English · Semester 2 · FY BA · 2 credits · 50 marks · 30 hours
Module 1
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A) Elements and Forms
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Plot, Setting, Character, Dialogue, Point of View, stage directions, dramatic and theatrical techniques
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Fiction: Anecdotes, fables, short story, novella, and novel
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Drama: Skit, One Act Play, Full Length Play, Radio Play
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B) Process of Writing Drama and Fiction
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Thinking /Pre-writing Stage:- Theme Hunting, Finding a Spark, Selection of Subject and Target Audience/Reader.
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Writing /Creative Stage (Drama):- One Liner, Synopsis, Scenes and Acts, Dialogue Writing, Stage Direction Writing, Development of the Scenes into a Play
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Writing /Creative Stage (Fiction): Brainstorming, developing characters, decision on a point of view, outline, decision on the ending part
Module 2
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A) Writing Drama:
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Skit
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One Act Play
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Full Length Play
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Radio Play
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B) Writing Fiction
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Anecdotes
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Fables
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Short story
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Novella
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Novel
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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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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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.
