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Dec 21, 2024
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WR 244 Advanced Fiction
Lecture Hours: 4
Credits: 4
Further develops the techniques of creating and revising short fiction introduced in WR 241 , and examines in greater complexity the foundational theories of imaginative writing. Also examines current methods of finding print and electronic audiences for works of fiction. Employs a workshop format of presenting and critiquing student work.
Prerequisite: WR 241 , WR 242 , or WR 243 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Repeatable: Can be repeated for up to 8 credits.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Employ conventional elements of fiction within original works of fiction, including short-short stories (500 words or less) and short stories (2,000 to 5,000 words long).
- Identify the strategies employed in contemporary, published fiction and assess their effectiveness.
- Assess the effectiveness of peer writing.
- Communicate assessments of effectiveness to peers, both in written critiques and within small-group discussions.
- Revise original work based on peer critiques.
- Research, analyze, and identify appropriate publications for original work.
- Employ conventional methods of submitting original work for publication.
Statewide General Education Outcomes:
- Read actively, think critically and write purposefully and capably for academic and, in some cases, professional audiences.
- Locate, evaluate and ethically utilize information to communicate effectively.
- Demonstrate appropriate reasoning in response to complex issues.
Content Outline
- Review of Conventional Elements of Fiction
- Plot structure
- Methods of characterization
- Use of setting
- Point of view
- Overview of Selected Aesthetic Guidelines or Theories for Creative Work, Such as Those Developed by Aristotle, Henry James, E.M. Forster
- Writing Workshops
- Submitting original work for critiques from other students
- Providing written critiques of the work of other students
- Participating in discussion of fictional technique and aesthetic theory that are focused on student texts
- Research and Analysis of Potential Publications for Original Work
- Online magazines
- Literary journals
- Websites
- Genre publications
- Preparation and Submission of Original Work for Publication
- Manuscript conventions
- Electronic and printed formats
- Query letters
- Revision and Preparation of Student Work for Submission for Publication
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