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ENGL174

Intensive Fiction Writing
ENGL174 SP

Next Offered in 9899 SP

Group meetings combined with individual conferences in which student work is discussed. Regular deadline schedule with a short story or its equivalent due every two weeks. Enrollment limited to eight. Students admitted to the class on the basis of short fiction submitted no later than the last Thursday before preregistration, and interview with the instructor.

MAJOR READINGS

Text is STORY FIRST: THE WRITER AS INSIDER
by Kit Reed. Short story anthology to be assigned. Other
readings are prescribed according to individual students'
needs. Reading also includes work by other students for
group meetings.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Average 18 to 20 pages due every two weeks after initial short assignments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Upperclassmen are preferred. It is useful but not required for applicants to have taken beginning or intermediate writing courses. See description. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion and Intensive conference work on student fiction

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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