This course covers outline studies of literary creation, theories of criticism, techniques in writing and studies of selected authors and their significance with a view to leading students through progressive understanding of the processes involved in literary appreciation and writing.

Students' efforts at literary creation are to be presented for comparison of quality and accuracy under the lecturer's guidance.

The best selections from both classical and modern works of different genres such as prose, fiction and poetry are extracted and discussed for illustrating important points in the art of writing.