Techniques of Fiction
ENGL 296
Fall 2018
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| Certificates: Writing |
This introduction to the elements of fiction and a range of authors is for students who want to write and, through writing, increase their understanding and appreciation of a variety of short stories. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Students will read stories by James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Junot Diaz, Carmen Machado, Annie Proulx, and other writers.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Students will submit two short stories to the workshop. They will write one revision as a final project. They will complete five short writing assignments. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students are also required to attend 2-3 events per semester with visiting writers (these are scheduled on Wednesday afternoons and evenings; Q & A sessions at 4:30 and readings at 6:00 p.m.). This course contributes to the Theory & Literary Forms and Creative Writing concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Sawhney,Hirsh Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: ZLKA202; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 6 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 14 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 5 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 5 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Lex Williford (Editor) and Michael Martone (Editor), THE SCRIBNER ANTHOLOGY OF 50 AMERICAN STORIES SINCE 1970 (Touchstone Books)
Maria Mazziotti Gillan (Author), Jennifer Gillan (Author), GROWING UP ETHNIC IN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY FICTION ABOUT LEARNING TO BE AMERICAN |
Examinations and Assignments:
Students will participate in weekly in-class freewriting prompts, write at least six 2-3 page papers, along with submitting one 7-10 page short story. A final portfolio collecting the student's entire written output will be due at semester's end. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students are also required to attend 2-3 events per semester with visiting writers (these are scheduled on Wednesday afternoons and evenings; Q & A sessions at 4:15 and readings at 8:00 p.m.). Enrolled students must adjust their schedules accordingly. Students may not take this course and a creative writing workshop concurrently.\n\nThis course contributes to the Theory & Literary Forms and Creative Writing concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Bauer,Douglas Edward Times: .M..... 07:10PM-10:00PM; Location: 116MTV102; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 6 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 9 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 3 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 4 |
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