Intermediate Fiction Workshop
ENGL 339
Fall 2024
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
This course may be repeated for credit. This workshop is for students who already have a basic understanding of how to write literary fiction, either by having taken an introductory course (e.g., ENGL296 Techniques of Fiction) or by other means.
Our task in this fiction workshop will be to expand our writing beyond the simple good vs. bad plot, to a more complex and real understanding of the existence of both in everyone. I will encourage you to consider the struggles and conflicts in your own life, whether they involve personal, global, or community-specific ideals, and blur the lines between "good" and "evil," and even between fiction and nonfiction. We will also look at some of the most pertinent aspects of fiction: plot, place, voice, and character development. We will ask each other what it is about this story that demanded writing? What is it about these characters that make them unforgettable? What idiosyncratic tendencies does the writer reveal that makes this their story? This class will focus not only on what you create, but how you re-write your work. This class will be centered on revision. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: ENGL296 OR ENGL342 OR ENGL296Z OR ENGL224 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Handouts provided by professor
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Examinations and Assignments:
Final Portfolio |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Attendance at and participation in every class are required. Students must also make every effort to attend 3 events per semester with visiting writers (Q & A sessions at 4:30 on Wednesday afternoons; readings at 6:00 p.m.).
The course prerequisites are ENGL 296, 342, 224, or WRCT 275, a 200-level Fiction workshop taught by a Shapiro Center Distinguished Writer-in-Residence. Please submit a prerequisite override request describing your qualifications if you feel you qualify for the course but have not taken the prerequisites.
The English department highly recommends that students be enrolled in only one Creative Writing course in a semester. If you are admitted to more than one Creative Writing course, we request you choose one and let the instructors know during Adjustment Period. By doing so you will be considerate of instructors and other students. This course contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: Creative Writing requirement, CW 300-level course, CW upper-level CW workshop, elective. |
| Instructor(s): Mengiste,Maaza Times: ..T.... 08:50AM-11:40AM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 5 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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