ENGL 361 - Intro to Writing Fiction

Unit(s): 4

What makes literary fiction ‘fiction’? What makes it ‘literary’? Why do we read and write it? What are our expectations of it? In this course, we will focus on an exploration of the various technical, stylistic, aesthetic, ethical, and formal aspects of literary short fiction, novellas, and novels. Students will read a diverse range of short and long fiction, which may include writings by Woolf, Duras, Doctorow, Wideman, Chekhov, Wharton, and Carver, and will respond to the writings both critically and creatively.

Prerequisite: ENGL 195 or ENGL 192 or CMPL 200
College of Arts and Sciences