English
Salman Rushdie
English
Salman Rushdie
Rushdie, the multiple-award-winning author of Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses and Haroun and the Sea of Stories, was twice named the “winner of all winners” on the 25th and 40th anniversaries of the Booker Prize. His novels are...
Creative Writing: Multi-Genre
English
Creative Writing: Multi-Genre
“Multi-genre” is more than just a catch-all for all genres. As Tom Romano suggests in his multi-genre instruction book Fearless Writing, a multi-genre project comprises a carefully choreographed range of genres and subgenres, each constituent...
Graphic Narrative Literary Comics
English
Graphic Narrative Literary Comics
In this course, we will explore the literary phenomenon of the graphic novel and other graphic genres that blend visual storytelling and the written word. What happens to narrative when it unfolds in a hybrid form that joins image to text? What can this...
9th-Grade English
English
9th-Grade English
In this sequence of courses, the English Department introduces 9th-graders to the reading practices, discussion principles and writing strategies they will use and on which they will build throughout their four years of English study at Exeter. Students read,...
10th-Grade English
English
10th-Grade English
In this sequence of courses, readings introduce broader and more complex personal and social issues. The writing assignments – ranging from personal narratives and personal essays to letters, editorials, poetry projects and responses to the readings...
11th-Grade English
English
11th-Grade English
In this sequence of courses, written assignments tend to shift from personal narratives and essays to various forms of analysis in which the exploration and articulation of ideas increasingly influence content and structure. Readings continue to grow in...
12th-Grade English
English
12th-Grade English
In the final course in the required English sequence, writing assignments continue to focus on various forms of essay writing, culminating in a sustained exploration of a topic or theme–the Senior Meditation or an equivalent capstone assignment....
Creative Writing: Short Fiction
English
Creative Writing: Short Fiction
This writing-intensive course invites students to explore fiction as both readers and writers. The short stories and novels read in class will serve as models for students to create their own fictional work, introducing them to the craft and mechanics of...
Creative Writing: Poetry
English
Creative Writing: Poetry
“Poetry,” wrote Robert Frost, “is a way of taking life by the throat.” From its origins in oral tradition and tribal lore, as well as its role in incantatory spiritual practice, poetry has carried in its rhythms the deep longings of...
Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
English
Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
“The essay isn’t a retreat from the world but a way of encountering it,” writes Leslie Jamison in Best American Essays 2017. Throughout the term, we will explore the art of telling stories – ours and those of others – and learn...