ENGL168 - Advanced Fiction Workshop

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Academic Year 2004/2005

Advanced Fiction Workshop
ENGL 168 FA

For people who have already had an introduction to the techniques of fiction, like Fiction Now (English 210, fall 2000), or another course in fiction writing, and want to continue writing short fiction and having their work critiqued by other students and by the instructor. Reading will be tailored to the interests of the class. Students will be expected to make copies of their own work and distribute it to the class at least a week in advance of its being discussed.

MAJOR READINGS

Stories by a panoply of authors, including Langston Hughes, Alice Munro, Donald Marthelme, Lydia Davis, Linh Dinh, Anton Chekhov, Don DeLillo, Lynne Tillman, Gloria Naylor.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three to five short stories, amounting to somewhere between forty and fifty pages (10,000 and 12,500 words); portfolio of revised work at the end of the semester.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students must have taken one fiction course or one non-fiction course at Wesleyan. No later than a week before the first class, email the instructor a five-page sample of your fiction as well as your name, year, major, and how you fulfilled the requirement. You may not take this course and another writing course concurrently, with the exception of a senior thesis tutorial. Students will add this class during the Drop/Add period.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Sharpe,Matthew

Times: ..T.... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: CRT285;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 12)

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Writing

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005