Advanced Writing Workshop: Fiction
Prerequisite: ENGL 318.
This course allows students to develop further their skills in writing and analyzing original fiction begun in ENGL 318, in a supportive workshop atmosphere.
Outcomes: Students will produce original short stories, building upon skills honed in ENGL 318; They will also be able to demonstrate a deepening understanding of the critical skills necessary for analyzing and discussing original fiction, theirs and their fellow students'.
Prerequisite: ENGL 318.
This course allows students to develop further their skills in writing and analyzing original fiction begun in ENGL 318, in a supportive workshop atmosphere.
Outcomes: Students will produce original short stories, building upon skills honed in ENGL 318; They will also be able to demonstrate a deepening understanding of the critical skills necessary for analyzing and discussing original fiction, theirs and their fellow students'.
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110, C- or higher
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110 and one 200-level English course.
Writing Intensive and Multicultural
This is a multicultural class.
This is a writing intensive class. A grade of C- or better in UCWR 110 is required to enroll.
Prerequisite for ENGL 398 is ENGL 318.
The Art of Obsession
Much of writing is made up of obsessions. We might use our obsession as catalyst and fuel¿something that gets us writing and, if lucky, keeps us writing. And sometimes we write about our obsession directly, hoping (perhaps futilely) to be purged free of it, once and for all. Susan Sontag, while talking about writing and the writer¿s life, said it simply: ¿You have to be obsessed. It¿s not something you¿d want to be¿it¿s rather something you couldn¿t help but be.¿ In this advanced course we¿ll explore ¿obsession¿ from two main angles: personally and textually. On the personal level, and as a way to get us started, we¿ll discuss and identify subjects we keep returning to¿from harmless infatuations to downright obsessions. Is Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift or the soundtrack from Purple Rain playing nonstop on your headphones, for example? Is there a painting you keep seeing in your mind¿s eye? What exactly is your relationship with a well-made cheeseburger? What is the chronic conflict of your life? On a textual level, we¿ll read stories, essays, and books that deal with obsession in one form or another or reveal the linguistic obsessions the author held while writing them. This class is for serious writers who are unafraid of taking risks, unafraid of re-writes, unafraid of working hard toward turning a good story into a great one.
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