printer friendly pageENGLISH 10AX: Fiction Writing
"Of the many definitions of a story, the simplest may be this: it is a piece of writing that makes the reader want to find out what happens next. Good writers, it is often said, have the ability to make you keep on reading them whether you want to or not-the milk boils over, the subway stop is missed." - Bill Buford, former fiction editor of The New YorkernnnThis course will introduce students to an assortment of short stories by past and contemporary masters, from Ernest Hemingway to ZZ Packer. We will explore the basic elements of fiction writing, including story structure, point of view, dialogue, and exposition, always keeping in mind the overarching goal of trying to get the reader to turn the page in anticipation. Some summer reading and participation in an online blog will prepare us for discussions we'll have together when the class begins. The course will indeed be "intensive," as we will write a complete draft of a short story in the first week and then distribute these stories for feedback sessions in the second week. Along the way, we'll write additional short exercises to stimulate our imaginations and to practice elements of craft. Field trips will include visits to some of the vibrant literary hotspots in San Francisco as well as a conversation with Stephen Elliott, editor of The Rumpus and a writer and member of the Writer's Grotto collective.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 2
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Tanaka, S. (PI)
ENGLISH 90: Fiction Writing
The elements of fiction writing: narration, description, and dialogue. Students write complete stories and participate in story workshops. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite:
PWR 1 (waived in summer quarter).
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
Instructors:
Antopol, M. (PI)
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Clark, H. (PI)
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Frisch, S. (PI)
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Frisch, S. (PI)
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Kealey, T. (PI)
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Kletter, D. (PI)
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Quade, K. (PI)
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Schloesser Tarano, N. (PI)
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Soileau, S. (PI)
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Tanaka, S. (PI)
ENGLISH 91: Creative Nonfiction
(Formerly 94A.) Historical and contemporary as a broad genre including travel and nature writing, memoir, biography, journalism, and the personal essay. Students use creative means to express factual content.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Antopol, M. (PI)
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Clark, H. (PI)
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Evans, J. (PI)
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Evans, J. (PI)
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Frisch, S. (PI)
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Hummel, M. (PI)
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Kletter, D. (PI)
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Kline, P. (PI)
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Perham, B. (PI)
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Quade, K. (PI)
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Tanaka, S. (PI)
ENGLISH 132G: Love in Nineteenth Century Fiction and Poetry
introduction to literature of the 19th century with emphasis on the portrayals of love that pervade it. How 19th century poets and novelists imagined love and how it was shaped for them by genre, geography and gender. Does love redeem? What are the barriers to love? Readings include fiction by Bronte, Dickens, Eliot, Wilde, James and Hardy, and poetry by Keats, Browning, Rosetti, Tennyson, and others.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Yamboliev, I. (PI)
ENGLISH 163A: Shakespeare's Tragedies
Shakespeare's tragedies occupy a unique place in Western culture. Readings include
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, and
Anthony and Cleopatra, considering the theatrical and non-theatrical sources, staging tradition, historical context, and critical issues such as gender, sexuality, race and class. Plus a look at more recent stagings and adaptations of these plays to see how modern directors are interpreting these works.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Kimbrell, G. (PI)
ENGLISH 167B: Stories of Revenge
Stories of revenge continue to exert their magnetic pull on us, even as vengeance itself is no longer that familiar. What is it about revenge that makes for good story-telling? What questions do stories of revenge raise about justice, society and the individual. How do literary conceptions of revenge evolve over time. Traveling from the realms of religious and legal retribution to those of fantasy, we will think about how such stories are told (what makes for an effective narrative; how protagonists are depicted; what motivates revenge; what makes revenge `successful¿) but we will also think about what these stories are meant to do to us. Do they teach and if so, how? Can stories themselves exact vengeance. Are they part of the process of doing justice?
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Janiszewska, H. (PI)
ENGLISH 167D: Crimes and Clues: Detective Fiction
Detective fiction, classic or mass-market paperback, keeps us on the edge of our seats¿we want to know who committed the crime, what the motivation was, and how the detective is going to solve it. In this course, we will think critically about how suspense works by investigating the structures of detective stories, the expectations we have as readers, and the ways in which authors have played with those expectations. How do different works portray crime, and what¿s at stake in seeing it solved and restoring order? Starting with the earliest nineteenth-century forms¿Edgar Allen Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle¿we will trace the development of detective fiction up to the present day television franchise
Law & Order, and consider how television, journalism, and film have adapted and changed the genre.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Richardson, R. (PI)
ENGLISH 194: Individual Research
See section above on Undergraduate Programs, Opportunities for Advanced Work, Individual Research.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
| Repeatable
for credit
ENGLISH 198: Individual Work
Undergraduates who wish to study a subject or area not covered by regular courses may, with consent, enroll for individual work under the supervision of a member of the department. 198 may not be used to fulfill departmental area or elective requirements without consent. Group seminars are not appropriate for 198.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Antopol, M. (PI)
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Boland, E. (PI)
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Castle, T. (PI)
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Evans, J. (PI)
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Fields, K. (PI)
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Fishkin, S. (PI)
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Greene, R. (PI)
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Hummel, M. (PI)
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Hutchins, S. (PI)
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Jarvis, C. (PI)
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Johnson, A. (PI)
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Jones, G. (PI)
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Kealey, T. (PI)
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Kline, P. (PI)
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Lunsford, A. (PI)
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McGurl, M. (PI)
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Michas-Martin, S. (PI)
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Moya, P. (PI)
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Orgel, S. (PI)
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Perham, B. (PI)
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Quade, K. (PI)
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Rasberry, V. (PI)
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Rovee, C. (PI)
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Schloesser Tarano, N. (PI)
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Shloss, C. (PI)
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Soileau, S. (PI)
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Staveley, A. (PI)
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Tallent, E. (PI)
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Tanaka, S. (PI)
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Treharne, E. (PI)
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Vermeule, B. (PI)
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Wolff, T. (PI)
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Wrenn, G. (PI)
ENGLISH 394: Independent Study
Preparation for first-year Ph.D. qualifying examination.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Bender, J. (PI)
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Castle, T. (PI)
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Elam, M. (PI)
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Majumdar, S. (PI)
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