ENGH 608: Craft Seminars

ENGH 608-001: World Short Story
(Spring 2012)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T

Section Information for Spring 2012

An exploration of the origins of the modern short story, its differences from and affinities with the "tale", and its proliferation in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Readings from de Maupassant, Flaubert, Gogol, Poe, Chekhov, Joyce, Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Hemingway, Borges, Flannery O'Connor, Bowles, Bellow, Calvino, Murakami, others.

Requirements: reading notebook, weekly writing assignments, active participation in discussion, some brief biographical reports, term goal--either short story or critical essay, by arrangement.

Weeks One-five, The Inventors--De Maupassant, Flaubert, Gogol, Chekhov, Poe, Hawthorne

Weeks Six-Ten, The Masters--Joyce, Mansfield, Hemingway, Bowles, Bellow

Week Eleven, New Forms--Borges, Calvino, Murakami

Week Twelve-Fourteen, New Worlds--Narayan, Pramoedya, etc.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Non-MFA students seeking permission must submit manuscript of original written work in appropriate genre. Various sections offer work in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, each focusing in different ways on the practices and the craft development of writers. Numerous writing assignments mixed with reading followed by careful analytical and craft discussions. Notes: Assignments vary with genre and specific topic. May be taken concurrently with ENGH 564, 565, 566. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 15 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Admission to MFA program or ENGH 494, ENGH 492, ENGH 486, or permission of instructor. Non-MFA students must submit manuscript for review prior to registration.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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