Interdisciplinary Arts 0235 - Topics in Craft: The Short Story

This is a creative writing workshop with a focus on recognizing, analyzing, and developing different narrative techniques used to write the short story. Each technique will be studied individually, as well as in relation to the work as a whole. As David Lodge writes in The Art of Fiction, "Effects in fiction are plural and interconnected, each drawing on and contributing to all the others." We will take apart these "effects" in order to better appreciate how they are linked, both when reading and writing. Course emphasis will also be on regular attendance, participation, and a commitment to peer work. Please note: While the course is not by instructor permission, in order to keep up with course requirements, students must attend the first day in order to keep their seat. (keywords: creative writing, fiction, short story)

Time and Narrative This course is fully remote. Students in this course can expect to spend 6 to 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.