TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication ………………………………………………………………………………. iii
Acknowledgment……………………………………………………………………………. v
Preface ………………………………………………………………………………. vii

Unit 1 Creative Writing……………………………………….. 1
Creative Writing…………………………………………………………… 1
Technical Writing Versus Literary Writing……………………. 2
Language………………………………………………………………………. 3
Imagery and Sensory Experience………………………………….. 5
Figures of Speech………………………………………………………….. 6
Diction…………………………………………………………………………. 11
Samples of Creative Works …………………………………………… 12
Unit 1 Exercises……………………………………………………………. 39

Unit 2 Reading and Writing Poetry……………………….. 45
Poetry…………………………………………………………………………… 45
Elements of Poetry……………………………………………………….. 46
Rhyme……………………………………………………………………. 46
Rhythm………………………………………………………………….. 48
Horizontal Measure……………………………………………….. 50
Vertical Measure…………………………………………………….. 53
Forms of Poetry……………………………………………………………. 56
Conventional Forms………………………………………………. 56
Unconventional Forms…………………………………………… 64
Other Experimental Texts………………………………………. 66
Techniques and Literary Devices………………………………….. 70
Samples of Poems…………………………………………………………. 70
Unit 2 Exercises……………………………………………………………. 77

Unit 3 Reading and Writing Fiction………………………. 93
Fiction………………………………………………………………………….. 93
Elements of Fiction………………………………………………………. 95
Character……………………………………………………………….. 95
Point of View…………………………………………………………. 96
Plot………………………………………………………………………… 96
Setting……………………………………………………………………. 98
Conflict………………………………………………………………….. 98
Irony………………………………………………………………………. 98
Theme……………………………………………………………………. 98
Techniques and Literary Devices………………………………….. 99
Flashback……………………………………………………………….. 99
Foreshadowing………………………………………………………. 99
Symbol…………………………………………………………………… 99
Samples of Short Stories……………………………………………….. 100
Unit 3 Exercises……………………………………………………………. 135

Unit 4 Reading and Writing Drama………………………. 141
Drama………………………………………………………………………….. 141
Elements of Drama………………………………………………………. 142
Literary Elements…………………………………………………… 142
Theatrical Elements……………………………………………….. 142
Techniques and Literary Devices …………………………………. 148
Intertextuality………………………………………………………… 148
Conceptualization of Stage Modality……………………… 149
Samples of Drama………………………………………………………… 149
Unit 4 Exercises……………………………………………………………. 309

Unit 5 Creative Work in Literary and/or Socio-Political Context……………………. 315
Context………………………………………………………………………… 316
Socio-Political Context…………………………………………………. 317
Literary Context…………………………………………………………… 317
Unit 5 Exercises……………………………………………………………. 319
Appendices
Appendix A—A Course Outline for Creative
Writing…………………………………………………………… 325
Appendix B—Additional Exercises………………………… 327
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………. 339