Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction

Course Description

This intensive fiction workshop asks students to submit original work for review and revision, and to offer critical responses to their peers. Students will wrestle with and refine their writing, while developing a better ear for language. If, as Blanchot poses, fiction is impoverished by nature, writers must carefully sediment with words the worlds they create in order to make their narratives seem real to the reader. This course will encourage students to consider the nature of that authenticity: how the writers use of language helps produce, challenge, or resist the representations of the phenomena she creates. All participants will produce two polished fictions by the end of the semester, with an aim of future publication. Pre-Requisite: ENG 391 Note: This is a tutorial or topical course wherein content varies from semester to semester. As such, credit and grade replacement per the Course Repeat policy will not apply. For more details, please refer to the complete Course Repeat policy in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of this catalog. Additionally, it is important to review specific program requirements, as some majors impose restrictions on the number of credits allowed toward degree requirements.

Code

ENG 435

Credits

3

Subject

English

Programs That Include This Course

• Undergraduate Certificate Creative Writing Certificate