ENG 403A - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction I

(3 units)

Continuation of ENG 305-306.

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. practice manipulating the elements of fictional craft/technique—forms (the novel, novella, and short story); generic tropes; narrative structure; point of view; tone; and voice—through the composition of original works of fiction.
2. analyze and describe their own and others’ fiction, via written and oral discussion, within the context of historical trends/movements and genres in fiction.
3. constructively criticize fiction written by peers, both in writing and in class discussion.
4. apply literary editing methods to compile and revise their own portfolio of work.

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