English 143A

Upper Division Coursework: Short Fiction


Section Semester Instructor Time Location Course Areas
2 Fall 2005 Blaise (Mukherjee), Bharati
TTh 12:30-2 305 Wheeler

Other Readings and Media

eds. Cassill, R.V. and J.C. Oates: The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction; Mukherjee, B: The Middleman and Other Stories

Description

This is a course on the form, theory and practice of short fiction. It will be conducted as a workshop. Students are required to fulfill assignments on specific aspects of craft, to analyze aesthetic strategies in selected short stories by published authors, and to write approximately 45 pages of original fiction. Students are also required to participate in workshop discussions of peers' manuscripts.

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