Sudden Fiction - Crafting Short Short Stories

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Overview

Subject code

JRN

Course Number

3615

Department(s)

Description

This workshop introduces students to the art of writing "sudden" fiction -- short stories of less than 1,000 words. In addition to the basic elements of fiction, students will study symbolism, spare prose, selective omission and subtext as key devices of the genre. Students will read and analyze short fiction by writers including Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, Jamaica Kinkaid and Joyce Carol Oates. They will participate in group critique and feedback as they craft original short stories. (This course is cross-listed with ENG 3615. Students will receive credit for either JRN 3615 or ENG 3615). These courses may substitute for each other in the F-replacement policy. This course may also be used as an elective within the English major and Tier III minor.

Career

Undergraduate

Credits

Value

3

Max

3

Min

3

Course Count

1

Number Of Credits

3

Number Of Repeats

1

Repeatable

No

Contact Use

Yes

Generate Attendance

No

Left Use

Yes

Present Use

Yes

Reason Use

Yes

Tardy Use

Yes

Template Override

No

Time Use

Yes

Attendance Type

Class Meeting

Auto Create

No

Code

LEC

Instructor Contact Hours

3

Default Section Size

30

Final Exam Type

Yes

Include in Dynamic Date Calc

No

Instruction Mode

In Person

LMS File Type

Blackboard CourseInfo 4

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Lecture

OEE Workload Hours

0

Optional Component

No

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Academic Scheduling

Workload Hours

3