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English and Creative Writing

Join a powerful community of creative writers and thinkers.   In Emory's English and Creative Writing program, you will study both art and craft  of writing , alongside some of the nation’s most talented students and acclaimed faculty in one of the nation's leading creative writing programs.

Build your skills from idea to draft to revision—as you explore areas including fiction, nonfiction, dramatic writing, and poetry.   

Graduates from the English and Creative Writing program g o on to highly competitive writing and PhD programs as well as to many other fields of study, including medicine, business, and law.   

Recent graduates are working at  Forbes Travel Guide, CNN Digital, Penguin Random House, Modern Luxury, Challenge Foundation , and  William Morris Endeavor .   

Notable alumni include:

• Lauren M. Gunderson, named the country’s most produced playwright in 2017
• Brian Tolleson, the founding partner of communications and brand strategy firms Lexicon and Bark  Bark
• Lauren Giles, corporate lawyer and Alston & Bird partner
• Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Kristian Bush of Sugarland  

Examples of Classes

Introduction to poetry writing.

Experience the profound connection between reading poetry and writing it. Generate new work while helping one another through discussions examining the writer’s intentions, ideas, phrases, and images.  

Intermediate Playwriting

Experience the creative process first-hand from inspiration through character development to dramatic action and dialogue in this collaborative course co-taught by a playwright and a theater artist .  

Georgia Civil Rights Cold Case

A   historical and journalistic exploration of the Jim Crow South through the prism of unsolved or unpunished civil rights-era murders in Georgia.   This course was the foundation for WABE’s Peabody Award-winning podcast, “Buried Truths.”  Taught by Pulitzer and Peabody-award winner professor Dr. Hank Klibanoff.

Research in Creative Writing

Bringing characters to life through research  

Creative writing and theater studies students’ research supports Playwriting Fellow Jiréh Breon Holder’s professional stage production.   

“I know I was meant to be at Emory. Coming here, I felt I had access to words I hadn't been able to find before. It has been integral for me to see who I am as a writer by developing as a student and researcher first.”

English and Creative Writing

Join a powerful community of creative writers and thinkers.   In Emory's English and Creative Writing program, you will study both art and craft  of writing , alongside some of the nation’s most talented students and acclaimed faculty in one of the nation's leading creative writing programs.

Build your skills from idea to draft to revision—as you explore areas including fiction, nonfiction, dramatic writing, and poetry.   

Graduates from the English and Creative Writing program g o on to highly competitive writing and PhD programs as well as to many other fields of study, including medicine, business, and law.   

Recent graduates are working at  Forbes Travel Guide, CNN Digital, Penguin Random House, Modern Luxury, Challenge Foundation , and  William Morris Endeavor .   

Notable alumni include:

• Lauren M. Gunderson, named the country’s most produced playwright in 2017
• Brian Tolleson, the founding partner of communications and brand strategy firms Lexicon and Bark  Bark
• Lauren Giles, corporate lawyer and Alston & Bird partner
• Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Kristian Bush of Sugarland  

Examples of Classes at Oxford

Introduction to creative writing.

This introductory workshop normally covers two genres, most often fiction and poetry.

Screenwriting

A writing-intensive course in the construction of screenplays, which also broaches various aspects of pre-production planning.

American Crime Fiction

Study the history of crime fiction starting with Poe, Doyle, and the Golden Age of mystery fiction before focusing on its American development. 

Example of Major Classes

Introduction to poetry writing.

Experience the profound connection between reading poetry and writing it. Generate new work while helping one another through discussions examining the writer’s intentions, ideas, phrases, and images.  

Intermediate Playwriting

Experience the creative process first-hand from inspiration through character development to dramatic action and dialogue in this collaborative course co-taught by a playwright and a theater artist .  

Georgia Civil Rights Cold Case

A   historical and journalistic exploration of the Jim Crow South through the prism of unsolved or unpunished civil rights-era murders in Georgia.   This course was the foundation for WABE’s Peabody Award-winning podcast, “Buried Truths.”  Taught by Pulitzer and Peabody-award winner professor Dr. Hank Klibanoff.

Research in Creative Writing

Bringing characters to life through research  

Creative writing and theater studies students’ research supports Playwriting Fellow Jiréh Breon Holder’s professional stage production.   

I know I was meant to be at Emory. Coming here, I felt I had access to words I hadn't been able to find before. It has been integral for me to see who I am as a writer by developing as a student and researcher first. Christell Victoria Roach 19C Creative Writing and African American Studies double major Christell's award-winning journey

English and Creative Writing Major

Requirements

In the Creative Writing Program at Emory students study both art and craft: the literary traditions in which they write and the elements of craft in poetry, fiction, playwriting, screenwriting, and creative nonfiction. The program fosters their development as writers, through an emphasis on reading as a writer, generating material, and revision. Academic requirements of the English/creative writing major are eleven courses (thirty-eight to forty-four credits) beyond the introductory courses in English required by Emory College (English 101, 181, or Literature 110). Five of those eleven courses (fifteen to twenty credits) are to be creative writing workshops and the other six (eighteen to twenty-four credits) are to be advanced-level English classes in literature and criticism (i.e., 300 and 400 level). Students must take at least two 300-level literature courses in prose, two in poetry, and two in nineteenth-century writing or earlier. Majors may also substitute one 200-level English literature course for one 300-level course. At least two writing workshops must be in the same writing genre (fiction, poetry, etc.). This framework provides enough flexibility so that English/creative writing majors may work out individual programs of study in consultation with their advisers. In addition to the creative writing courses listed below, English/creative writing majors are also eligible for work in the Internship Program (see ENG 496R), independent study (see ENGCW 397R), and creative writing honors (see ENGCW 495R). Please note that internship hours do not count toward the major. The Creative Writing Program also sponsors a reading series in which nationally prominent authors are invited to campus to read from their latest works and to meet with students.

Prerequisites

Official talk with Creative Writing faculty advisor about the major

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Creative Writing Certificate

Best-selling novels, blockbuster movies and award-winning poems all start with an idea…but the crucial next step of creating words to convey and express those ideas can be daunting. Our customizable Creative Writing Certificate program provides individualized guidance from experienced instructors who have published works in multiple genres. Explore methodologies across all writing categories as you refine both your personal style and voice utilizing the most effective tools and techniques. Schedule flexibility combined with a variety of elective options allows you to tailor the curriculum based on personal interests and skillsets. Build your platform and grow your brand as you work to successfully achieve your writing goals.

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PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

After successfully completing this program, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate a well-rounded understanding of professional writing techniques spanning all aspects of the writing process
• Utilize the practical knowledge of how to grow their platform, evaluate the commercial potential of their work, and move toward publishing
• Create a tangible testament to their academic achievement in the field

Additional Details

Core courses.

4 Course(s)

Online (Instructor-led)

Not Currently Available

Elective Courses

3 Course(s)

Spring 2025

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Jericho Brown Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing and Interim Director of Creative Writing

• B.A., Dillard University
• M.F.A., University of New Orleans
• Ph.D., University of Houston

Contact Information

• By Appointment
• http://www.jerichobrown.com

Nov. 14, 2019

Four young writers have begun their fellowships in Emory’s nationally recognized Creative Writing Program: Gabriel Houck, Katie Condon, Kimberly Belflower and Josh Wilder.

Creative Writing Program Reading Series

Monday, Nov. 18, 2019 Kimberly Belflower and Gabriel Houk 6:30 p.m. Woodruff Library, Jones Room

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 Katie Condon and Josh Wilder 6:30 p.m. Location to be announced 

Both readings are free and open to the public. Find more information at   creativewriting.emory.edu .

Emory has gained a national reputation in recent years as an incubator for young creative writers, due in no small part to an impressive faculty led by Jericho Brown , Winship Distinguished Research Professor in Creative Writing and director of Emory’s creative writing program. Brown, winner of the 2009 American Book Award for his first poetry collection, “ Please, ” is one of only five finalists for the 2019 National Book Award for poetry for his latest collection, “The Tradition.”

Other faculty who draw students to the acclaimed creative writing program include Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hank Klibanoff and award-winning author Tayari Jones , whose best-selling novel “An American Marriage” won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and other honors. 

As the fall semester began, the Creative Writing Program and Theater Studies department welcomed four talented young writers for two-year fellowships in fiction, poetry and playwriting. Fellows teach and mentor students while also working on their own creative projects. 

All four fellows will share their work as part of the 2019-2020 Creative Writing Reading Series. The first event, featuring fiction writer Gabriel Houck and playwright Kimberly Belflower, will be Monday, Nov. 18. A reading featuring poet Katie Condon and playwright Josh Wilder is set for Feb. 18, 2020.

Playwriting: Kimberly Belflower

“My work is largely about young women finding their voice and recognizing their worth in a world that teaches them to be small,” says playwright Kimberly Belflower. “It’s unabashedly feminist and feelings-first.”

The Georgia native’s play “Lost Girl” received the 2018 Kennedy Center Darrell Ayers National Playwriting Award. 

During her tenure at Emory, Belflower plans to continue writing new work for the theater, television and film. Among her many in-process works are a theater adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” and a TV pilot about boy bands and online fan communities. A reading of Belflower’s play “The Use of Wildflowers” will be part of the Playwriting Center during Theater Emory’s Brave New Works festival in 2020.

Belflower finds much inspiration in Emory undergraduates. “My playwriting students are making the most exciting work — wild and weird, super specific and risky, beautiful stuff,” she says. “The balance they strike between supporting and challenging each other and me is an inspiration. I leave every class feeling energized and lucky.”

Poetry: Katie Condon

Poet Katie Condon’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House and Prairie Schooner. Her forthcoming book, “Praying Naked,” follows a speaker “who embraces both the thrill and subsequent shame associated with lust, religion and grief,” explains Condon. 

“It’s an honor to serve as Emory’s Poetry Fellow,” says Condon. “It’s not beyond me how fortunate I am to be a part of this academic and creative community for the next two years.”

Condon also feels privileged to have the opportunity to interact with Emory’s creative writing undergraduates. “They are driven, curious and are willing to experiment and take creative risks,” she says. “I feel deeply fortunate to work with such an invested and talented group of students.” 

Fiction: Gabriel Houck

Fiction writer Gabriel Houck’s career started in journalism; however, while working on the nonfiction book project he built his doctoral study around, Houck began to suspect his writing may be better suited to a different medium.

“I didn’t have the instincts of a journalist,” he says. “I wanted to tell true stories, but the more I wrote and published essays, the more I kept running into my own limits as a writer.” 

In fiction, Houck found the freedom to explore truth and the human condition in a way that suits his particular brand of writing. “Fiction writing is invention, self-scrutiny and risk, but most of all, it is a diligent form of empathy,” Houck says. “It gives me just enough permission to blend memories, collage details, atomize and re-process experience into the characters and settings and texture of something new.” 

The New Orleans native’s work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His first collection, “You or a Loved One,” won the 2017 Orison Fiction Prize.  

Playwriting: Josh Wilder

Josh Wilder writes plays that he describes as “inner-city magical realism,” largely inspired by what he calls his “universe of six blocks” – the Philadelphia neighborhood of his childhood. “My work touches the political, social, familial and magical aspects of living in the broken and forgotten neighborhoods of America,” he says.

Wilder’s work has been produced at the Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Atlanta’s own True Colors Theatre Company. His plays have garnered numerous awards, including the Holland New Voices Award, the Lorraine Hansberry Award, and the Rosa Parks Award. 

For his part, Wilder greatly enjoys teaching the “ambitious, adventurous and forward-thinking” playwriting students he’s come in contact with at Emory. “This fellowship offers me space and time to write,” says Wilder, “but it’s also a great opportunity to strengthen my skills as an educator and nurturer of the next generation.”

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Emory University has two required essay prompts for applicants, one of which is the same question for all applicants, while the other has four different options for applicants to choose from. The prompts are relatively short, clocking in at 200 words and 150 words, respectively, which means every word counts towards making your application stand out.

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Emory University Supplemental Essay Prompts

Prompt 1: What academic areas are you interested in exploring at Emory University and why? (200 words)

Prompt 2:  Please answer one of the following questions: (150 words)

• Option A: Which book, character, song, monologue, or other creative work (fiction or non-fiction) seems made for you? Why?
• Option B: Reflect on a personal experience where you intentionally expanded your cultural awareness.
• Option C: Emory University’s core mission calls for service to humanity. Share how you might personally contribute to this mission.
• Option D: Emory University has a strong commitment to building community. Tell us about a community you have been part of where your participation helped to change or shape the community for the better.

Before You Begin

As Emory’s website states in regard to these essays, “ We encourage you to be thoughtful and not stress about what the right answer might be. We simply want to get to know you better.” This space is an opportunity for you to present yourself as a complex and unique human being.

Remember that before reading your essays and recommendations, your admissions officers will only have seen data points and test scores that describe you. While these numbers are important, you are so much more than a test score . Admission officers want to sympathize with you. They want to root for. They want you to give them a reason to admit you. And this is such a great place for you to give them one! Don’t be afraid to be your true, gloriously weird self.

It’s worth noting that the word limit for these essays is only 150 words. That’s not a lot of space, so the name of the game is brevity . This is not the place for purple prose or modifiers — instead of very hungry, try famished. Consider using sprinted instead of ran as fast as possible. It may seem like a small change, but every word is important here. We recommend that you try to get as close to the 150 word count as possible, and stay within 10-15 words of the limit. 

What academic areas are you interested in exploring in college? (200 words)

This is a very straightforward “ Why This Major? ” prompt that should follow the typical structure for an essay of this archetype. A good response needs to do three things: (1) show your interest in the major through an experience, (2) explain how the major will help you achieve your goals, and (3) demonstrate what resources at the school will help you achieve your goals.

1. Show your interest in the major

You want to start your essay by showing admissions officers your excitement and engagement in the major you have chosen. What positive (or even negative) experiences have you had with this subject that have influenced you? 

A student interested in Creative Writing might talk about how she sees characters in people walking down the street, mythical lands in the places she’s traveled, and new stories that must be told whenever she listens to conversations around her. 

A student interested in Nutrition Science could describe how understanding the science behind the food he ate through independent research helped him turn around his life and lose weight. The easiest way to convey your interest is to use a strong, detailed, and meaningful anecdote.

2. Explain how this major will help you

What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s okay to not know exactly what you want, but you should have a pretty decent idea of what field you are interested in or what type of work you see yourself enjoying. 

If you know that you want to generate cleaner forms of energy to solve the climate crisis, you would mention how majoring in Environmental Sciences will teach you not only the ecological origins of issues facing the world, but how to think creatively to develop feasible solutions. 

Maybe you’re not sure what you want to do, but you are deeply concerned by racial injustice. You could describe how the African American Studies major will allow you to learn about the history of oppression in this country, so you can gain a better understanding of where you could devote your time to do the most good one day. For this section, it’s important you establish a link between your current interests and your future.

3. Demonstrate how Emory can help you

This final step shows the admissions officers that you are genuinely interested in their school and took the time to do outside research. You will want to include resources (classes, professors, research opportunities, study abroad, extracurriculars, etc) that are specific and unique to Emory that you plan to take advantage of while on campus. Just casually mentioning three different resources you will use doesn’t add anything to your essay. You need to connect these resources to your future goals by elaborating on how they will help you. 

For example, a student who is fascinated by the economic causes of war could say they want to work with Professor Caroline Fohlin on her research of pre-war Germany to learn how the economy can predict conflicts. 

Another student who wants to apply AI to smart homes one day would write about their excitement to take the Artificial Intelligence class at Emory since it is solely dedicated to a topic they are interested in. Remember, what you choose to highlight should align with your reasons for applying to this major in the first place.

You can think of the entire essay like a bridge. On one side you have your past experiences and passion for a topic. On the other side, your future career goals and aspirations await you. The only way to get to the other side is by studying your intended major at Emory and utilizing the resources available to you, or crossing the bridge.

Prompt 2, Option A

Which book, character, song, monologue, or piece of work (fiction or non-fiction)  seems made for you why (150 words).

This is a great prompt for people who have a piece of media that they feel really strongly about—and let’s face it, most of us are at least a little obsessed with some kind of media. Think about a piece of media that you feel like you can identify with on a deep, personal level. You should then go a step further and think about why you identify so strongly with that person or thing. What does it say about you? 

Once you have your what (or who) and your why , search for an anecdote that explains your personal connection to this piece of media. For example, maybe you really identify with Katniss Everdeen (your who ) because you’re super protective of your little sister (your why ), so then you can tell the story about that time that you drove 45 minutes late at night to pick your sister up because she was uncomfortable at a party. The more specific the anecdote, the more the admissions officers will get to know you (“Wow what a responsible and selfless sibling this applicant is!”). 

A really easy trap to fall into with a prompt like this is to give the answer that you think admissions officers are looking for. Like maybe you think the admissions officers are looking for you to say that you just love studying so much , so you choose Hermione Granger even though you don’t even like Harry Potter. As in life, you should always be true to yourself in your essays because a) you’re amazing as you are, so you should let people get to know the real you and b) admissions officers will be able to identify essays that are not authentic, so writing a disingenuous response will only reflect poorly on you.

Prompt 2, Option B

Reflect on a personal experience where you intentionally expanded your cultural awareness. (150 words).

This prompt is ideal for those who have prioritize cultural sensitivity and/or have engaged with people from diverse backgrounds, as you are being asked to think about a time when you intentionally expanded your horizons, and how that deliberate action catalyzed your growth.

So, think of a time when you consciously made the decision to expand your cultural awareness. For example, perhaps your lab partner was a foreign exchange student whose first language was not English, and rather than simply getting through the term as best you could, you used it as an opportunity to recognize your privilege as a native English speaker, and appreciate the culture of a non-English speaking country.

Do be careful that you don’t come across as self-absorbed by suggesting this experience taught you everything there is to know about cultural awareness. Admissions officers aren’t expecting that, and if anything taking that stance could make you come across as naive to the world’s complexity. Instead, acknowledge that you will never know everything there is to know about other cultures, but you are committed to continually growing and learning, as that openness is what colleges do value.

Along those same lines, as you brainstorm, keep in mind that college essays, like any other genre of writing, have cliches . Many applicants have had a “voluntourism” experience — that is, a service trip that benefited the student more than the community they were visiting. Not only are voluntourism stories cliche, they can also make you sound privileged and condescending. Every admissions officer has read countless “I was there to teach them, but really they taught me” essays. 

That said, you can still talk about your service trip experience! Just try to put a unique spin on it, by focusing on a personal anecdote that only happened to you. The more specific, the better. Acknowledge your privilege and explain how you grew from it, and make sure your reader comes away actually knowing something substantive about your personality, not just that you once spent a month in Thailand.

Finally, with a prompt like this, it’s easy to accidentally spend too much of the essay talking about someone else (such as your lab partner). But remember that you only have 150 words, and ultimately you’re the one applying to Emory, so you should be the protagonist of this story. If you’re wondering if you’ve fallen into the trap of spending too much time describing someone else, look at your verbs. You should be the subject of most of those verbs, because you are the star of the story.

For example, you might consider changing “My lab partner taught me about her culture and allowed me to grow” to “By engaging in vulnerable conversations about the challenges of communicating in a new setting, I became more empathetic to the challenges non-native English speakers face every day in the United States.”

Prompt 2, Option C

Emory university’s core mission calls for service to humanity. share how you might personally contribute to this mission. (150 words).

This is a standard “ Community Service ” essay, which asks you to share how you will embody Emory’s commitment to community service and humanitarian efforts. It’s a great option if you have a robust history with community service, or even just one experience that was highly formative.

Brainstorming Your Topic:

Research opportunities for service that already exist at Emory. The school’s website summarizes service opportunities for students, from break trips, to organized volunteer efforts in Atlanta, to service trips abroad. 

You can also think about things you’re personally invested in, even if nothing on Emory’s site quite aligns with it. For example, if you’re passionate about children’s literacy, maybe you want to talk about your goal of organizing a book drive for elementary school students in Atlanta.

Remember you’re not expected to save the world in your response. In fact, the simpler and more feasible your proposed service opportunity is, perhaps the better. Emory admissions wants to hear what you’re genuinely most interested in, and how you will actually make an impact in the Emory community, and writing about something you could realistically accomplish in college will answer those questions better than saying you’d like to wipe out world hunger.

Tips for Writing Your Essay:

Once you have an idea of what you want to write about, it’s time to organize it into a response. The best way to start is by sharing a little bit about yourself and your connection with community service. This can come in the form of a personal anecdote about a time you volunteered, an issue you’ve encountered in your community or elsewhere that has inspired you, or something you’ve found on Emory’s website that resonates with you on a personal level.

After you share your personal connection with service, tie in the initiative you brainstormed, while also explaining the importance of service to your life as a whole. Here’s an example of how to do that:

“I grew up in a town bordering the Ohio River, well-regarded as the most polluted river in America. As such, I’ve been involved with sustainability efforts since I was little. My parents would take me on ‘river sweeps,’ where we’d travel up and down the river, clearing the water of any debris or litter we could find. At first I thought of it as just a family bonding activity, but now I see environmental service as the foundation upon which my future, and the future of the world, depends. At Emory, I will remain committed to building towards a greener future, by rallying my peers for river sweeps at the Chattahoochee, joining Emory’s various sustainability organizations such as AltKEY, and using my electives to take courses in the Environmental Sciences program. I’m ready to make an impact not just on the community where I grew up, but on Atlanta as well, and eventually, communities all across the country.”

Mistakes to Avoid:

One of the biggest mistakes students make in “Community Service” essays is talking about yourself as a savior to an “underprivileged” community or a community “in need”. Doing so paints a self-aggrandizing portrait of your efforts, which can make admissions officers question your motivation for engaging in service work. To avoid this, focus less on the differences, economic or otherwise, between yourself and the community you helped, and more on what you learned from the experience, rather than projecting an exaggerated sense of gratitude onto the recipients of your service work.

Prompt 2, Option D

Emory university has a strong commitment to building community. tell us about a community you have been part of where your participation helped to change or shape the community for the better. (150 words).

This prompt tasks you with describing a community that has both helped you grow, and given you the opportunity to shape its future. Unlike the previous prompt, this is not a “ Community Service ” essay, as your job is not to talk about how you served a community, but rather how you fit into one.

“Community” can be defined in many different ways. It can be an extracurricular that you’ve been involved with for many years, an aspect of your identity that you feel is important to you, a cultural, religious, or ethnic background you share with others, or something else you’ve sought out as a way to belong. Community is what you define it as, so don’t limit yourself when brainstorming your topic. Instead, think about what you would say to someone who asked you to introduce yourself and explain the kind of things you’re interested in. What comes to mind? What could you not imagine living without? Or, who could you not imagine living without?

You could also approach the prompt by thinking about some of your personal achievements that you’ve been proud of. This is a two-pronged prompt: you’re tasked with describing not just a community you’re a part of, but also your own contributions to that community. If anything, the second piece of the prompt is the more important one, as Emory admissions officers want to know how you’ll contribute to their overall campus community and the smaller communities that exist all across the college. So it’s imperative that whichever community you choose to write about is one that you’ve been actively engaging with for some time.

As such, it’s perhaps better to do away with writing about family or anything else that you don’t plan to take with you to Emory. While sharing that you and your family’s weekly Shabbat dinners have been a stable outlet for you to lean on your family and get in touch with your religion and wider religious community shows a thoughtful, touching sentimentality, it doesn’t actively exemplify how you’ve changed or shaped a community at large. 

That being said, perhaps you’ve invited friends from school to your dinners, or attended some of theirs. You could write about how what started as a family tradition eventually led you into a much broader community, and how you hope to attend Shabbat at Emory Hillel to broaden your Jewish community even further.

As with many other prompts, starting with an anecdote is a surefire way to quickly engage the reader and put them into your shoes. You can write about the time you found or joined the community, a time you felt most proud of your community, or a time you felt most indebted to or grateful for your community. Whatever you choose to do, remember details – what did you see, feel, taste, smell, and so on and so forth.

“ Standing on stage, with our foreheads sweating under the bright spotlights, I looked around at my castmates and felt I was home.”

Without having to say it explicitly, it’s obvious that the student’s chosen community is a theater group, and that the community gives the student a sense of great pride and comfort. Now it’s time to dive into greater detail about the significance of this community.

“But it’s hard not to think about how recently I was a freshman in the ensemble, feeling in over my head, not knowing a single soul, but feeling they were all more talented than me. But the seniors, who were all cast as leads, made it a point to make me and the other freshman feel not just included, but like an essential part of the machine.”

Here, the student starts to explain not just what the community is, but how it has helped them grow, and which lessons they’ll take from their experiences in it to college. To continue answering these more specific questions, they might go on to say something like:

“ When I became an upperclassman myself, I knew I had big shoes to fill. Whether it be by organizing movie nights outside rehearsal, having younger cast members lead warmups, or even just encouraging the cast to sit together at lunch, my goal is that whenever any member of our group looks at the stage, they’ll know they’re a part of a community that will last forever.”

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Peculiarities of national identity in Alim Keshokov's novel “Saber for the Emir”

• Yuliya Yuryevna Srukova ,
• Bella Radislavovna Naptsok ,
• Raisa Batmirzovna Unarokova ,
• Galina Viktorovna Sokolova ,
• Zinaida Zhantemirovna Kudaeva

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Candidate of Philology, teacher of Russian language and literature at the College of Medicine, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov, Nalchik city, Russian Federation, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic

Associate Professor, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Department of Literature and Mass Communications, Faculty of Philology, Maykop city, Russian Federation, Republic of Adygea

Professor, Doctor of Philology, Head of the Adyghe History and Culture Department, Adygea Philology and Culture Department, Adygea State University, Maykop city, Russian Federation Adygea

Associate Professor, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Department of Literature and Mass Communications, Faculty of Philology, Adygea State University Maykop city, Russian Federation Republic of Adygea

Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature of Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov Nalchik city, Russian Federation, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic

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The relevance of the study is due to the lack of knowledge in Russian literary criticism of the problem of national identity and its artistic generation in North Caucasian literature. The purpose of the article is to study the typology of national identity and its reflection in national stereotypes, ethno, auto, heteroimages in the novel “Saber for the Emir” by the Kabardian (Adyghe) writer Alim Keshokov. The types of national identity represented in the fairy tale narrative, in the genres of folklore, epic traditions, and dominant metaphors, in the national idea, language and poetry, are identified and analyzed based on the approaches of literary imagology and comparative studies. The main findings indicate that A. Keshokov’s novel shows various forms of national identity generated by Adyghe (Kabardian) folklore, in the khabar genre, in the national epic heritage, in historical and heroic songs, in traditional rites, in dominant metaphors - “tribal the nature of the people” and the “ internal principle of the nation ”, in the national code of Adyghe Khabze, in the concepts of“ Fatherland ”,“ business of the nation ”, in the national language. In the work of A. Keshokov, the problem of national identity is combined with the concepts of national stereotype, ethno-, auto- and hetero-images. Materials and conclusions of the study can be used in university lectures on the history of Adyghe literature and on the history of Kabardian literature. The theoretical significance of the results lies in the expansion of scientific ideas about national issues, in the terminological clarification and in the semantic disclosure of the concept of “national identity” on the material of the novel “Saber for the Emir”.

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