ENGL 2024 - Creative Writing: Fiction

1. Contemporary aesthetics in fiction
2. Published fiction as models for student writing
   1. selected readings
   2. observation and discussion of writers¿ choices
   3. written reflection on using learned techniques in original work
3. Forms, styles, and techniques in fiction
4. Overview of and practice with the creative process in fiction
   1. discovering and generating material
   2. writing drafts of short fiction
   3. practice in a variety of contemporary short fiction styles and forms
   4. providing written and/or oral feedback in writing groups and a workshop environment
   5. revising short fiction
5. Qualities of effective writing communities
   1. guidelines for writing groups and/or writing workshops
   2. criteria for evaluating original fiction in progress
   3. how to accept and offer thoughtful oral and written feedback within established writing groups and/or writing workshops
6. Criteria for evaluating published work and/or performance of an author of contemporary fiction

1. analyze a wide variety of short fiction representing a range of styles and subgenres.
2. engage in the creative process through writing and revising short fiction.
3. articulate informed personal judgments about published short fiction.
4. apply principles of contemporary aesthetics to original short fiction.
5. critique published short fiction as models for their own writing.
6. exchange constructive feedback about original fiction within a writing community.
7. evaluate published work and/or performance of an author of contemporary fiction.

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