Overview
Description
Conducted as a writers workshop, specializing in fiction. Required for MFA students in English; elective for other English graduate students.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to graduate standing in the Department of English
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Admission to graduate standing in the Department of English
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Restrictions
Admission to graduate standing in the Department of English
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 15 credits
Learning Outcomes
- analyze the form (the novel, novella, and short story); generic tropes; narrative structure; point of view; tone; and voice using elements of fictional craft/technique.
- articulate an understanding of, and opinions about, various debates concerning the contemporary fiction-publishing landscape.
- analyze and describe their own creative work within the context of historical trends/movements and genres in fiction.
- constructively criticize fiction written by peers, both in writing and in discussion.
- apply literary editing methods to compile and revise their own portfolio of work.