The Supernatural
ENGL 161
Fall 2007
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This creative writing class will consider the supernatural, the impossible, and even the absurd in literature. How do supernatural events (or characters, or settings) play with and against conventions of 'realistic' fiction? How does the writer maintain (or trifle with) the reader's belief? To what ends can the supernatural be put? |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing
This is a creative writing class.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Works by Henry James, Gogol, Cortazar, Nabokov, Kafka, Borges, Bathelme, Kincaid, Carter, Singer, Lovecraft, Murakami, Pelevin, Evenson, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
5 short stories of 3-5 pages each. One final project of 10 pages. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students should submit a writing sample of no more than 5 pages to the English Department office by 4:00, on Tuesday, September 4. Include a cover sheet with your name and email address. Interested students should attend the first class on Weds., September 5 to hear what the course will involve. A class list will be posted on the English Department bulletin boards at 294 Court Street on Monday, September 10. Admitted students must attend the second class; others can attend then also, to see if anyone doesn't want his/her place. |
| Instructor(s): LaFarge,Paul Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: ZLKA202; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 8 |
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