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NOTE: English 301 and 401 are usually oversubscribed
and admission is selective. If you plan to take the course, you
MUST attend the first meeting of the semester, when guidelines
for application will be announced.
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English 301: Fiction
Writing I
A class
in the writing of literary fiction for novice fiction writers,
with an emphasis on the realistic short story. Through a combination
of structured writing exercises, workshop discussions, and careful
examination of "professional" writing by accomplished
practitioners of the literary arts, students will gain experience
and insight into the way that literature is actually made. The
goal of the course is that each student will write an original
short story possessing structural  integrity, imaginative
ingenuity, and literary merit by the end of the semester. |
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English 401: Advanced Fiction Workshop
A continuation of the
fiction writing sequence begun in English 301. For the most part
the class will be conducted as a workshop. Students should expect
to write (and revise) two or three short stories during the course
of the semester. (Expect to write about 6000-10,000 words, not
counting revisions.) One of these stories must contain a research
component, and you will have to present this research to the
class. Also, students will be asked to present to the class the
work of one contemporary writer of short
fiction. The course is repeatable. |
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