ENGL 308 - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction

FDR: HA
Credits: 3 in fall and winter, 4 in spring
Planned Offering: Winter

Prerequisites: Three credits in 200-level English and instructor consent. Students must submit writing samples to qualify for admission. ENGL 203 and/or 204 recommended. A workshop in writing fiction, requiring regular writing and outside reading.

Winter 2015 topic:

ENGL 308: Advanced Creative Writing: Literary Genre Fiction (3). Reflecting literary trends of the last decade, students explore the intersections between traditional pulp genres and narrative realism. They draft and revise stories that use elements from a range of possible genres–science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, romance–while also developing complex characters grounded in psychological realism. (HL) Gavaler.