ENGH 619: Special Topics in Writing

ENGH 619-003: Prose Style
(Spring 2013)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M

David J. King Hall 2054

Section Information for Spring 2013

Close readings of some of the noted prose stylists of the last century. The list will include writers of both fiction of nonfiction, including Virginia Woolf, Hemingway, Nabokov, Didion, Carver, D.F. Wallace, Sadie Smith, and W.G. Sebald. Written work for this course will include several short assignments (pastiche, reading response, and set pieces) and work on a longer essay or story. Ideally, that longer piece will have been drafted before the class begins, and it will undergo revision throughout the semester.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Workshop course. Intensive practice in creative writing and study of creative process. Concentrates on specialized literary type other than short story, such as essay, playwriting, film writing, children's literature, travel literature, autobiography, gothic novel, and translation. Notes: Intended for students already writing original creative work. Other interested graduate students should contact the English department at (703) 993-1180. May be repeated for credit with permission of department. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 30 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Intended for students already writing original creative work.
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 students with a major in Creative Writing.

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

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

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

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