E N G L I S H    3 1 1

Reading and Writing Literary Fiction

C A L E N D A R

  M/W 4:10 - 5:30 p.m. / MC 556
Bill Stobb, Instructor


 
 
 

 

 

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Week 1

8/25

  • Syllabus.  Course intro.

8/27

  • No class: instructor away

Week 2

9/1

-- No class: Labor Day

 

9/3

  • Diagnostic essay on Richard Ford's "Great Falls."

Week 3

9/8

  • Read Raymond Carver, "Cathedral"

  • Writing exercises: the lying game, writing about people from your past.

9/10

  • Read Kate Braverman, "Pagan Night"

  • Writing exercise: setting

Week 4

9/15

9/17

  • Read Doris Lessing, "To Room Nineteen"

Week 5

9/22

  • In-class draft workshop: everyone bring 4 copies of a full-as-possible story draft.

  • 9/24 workshoppers distribute photocopies

9/24

  • 2 workshops: Andrew Gilman and Gretchen Lee

  • Response writers: Chanel, Tony, Cheryl

  • 9/29 workshoppers distribute photocopies

  • Students with first workshops on or after 10/8, turn in a draft to me.

Week 6

9/29

  • 2 workshops: Kyle Kepulis and Stacey Bishofsky

  • Response writers: Rob, Rachel, Andrew

  • 10/1 workshoppers distribute photocopies

10/1

  • 2 workshops: Tony Beyer and Kathryn Moldenhauer

  • Response writers: Sarah, Adam,  Stacey

  • 10/6 workshoppers distribute photocopies

Week 7

10/6

  • 2 workshops: Mark Von Ruden and Kristin Chwala

  • Response writers: Karrie, Kyle, Lynette

  • 10/8 workshoppers distribute photocopies

  • Irwin Shaw: "The Eighty-Yard Run"

10/8

  • 2 workshops: Jennifer Severson and Andrea Salbego

  • Response writers: Kathryn, Andrea, Mark

  • 10/13 workshoppers distribute photocopies

Week 8

10/13

  • 2 workshops: Chanel Banks and Karrie Johnson

  • Response writers: Jen, Gretchen, Kristin

  • 10/15 workshoppers distribute photocopies

  • Book fest: 8$ per person

  • Vladimir Nabokov: "Signs and Symbols."

10/15

  • Collect book fest funds.

  • 2 workshops: Rachel Duffy and Adam Hoogenakker

  • Response writers: Rob, Tony, Stacey

  • 10/20 workshoppers distribute photocopies

Week 9

10/20

  • 2 workshops: Lynette LeGarde and Sarah Goldstein

  • Response writers: Chanel, Rachel, Andrew

  • 10/22 workshoppers distribute photocopies

  • Prep reading for Wisconsin Book Festival

10/22

  • No class: book festival trip

Saturday 10/25

  • Book festival trip: leave at 7:30 am; return at 11:00 pm

Week 10

10/27

  • 2 workshops: Rob Cress and Cheryl Ihle

  • Response writers: Sarah, Adam, Karrie

  • Prep reading for Wisconsin Book Festival

  • Midterm Portfolios due (one revised story with previous drafts, plus at least 5 writing exercises, all enclosed in a small binder), except: Rob, Cheryl, Lynette and Sarah, who can have until Monday, 10/29.

  • 10/29 workshoppers distribute photocopies

10/29

  • 2  workshops: Andrew Gilman and Gretchen Lee

  • Response writers: Kathryn, Mark, Lynette

Week 11

11/3

  • 2 workshops: Kyle Kepulis and Stacey Bishofsky

  • Response writers:  Cheryl, Andrea, Kristin

  • Essay: "Living Backward," by Arnold Ludwig: photocopy from Mind Readings

11/5

  • 2 workshops: Tony Beyer and Kathryn Moldenhauer

  • Response writers:  Kyle, Gretchen, Jen

Week 12

11/10

  • 2 workshops: Mark von Ruden and Kristin Chwala

  • Response writers: Chanel, Tony, Stacey

11/12

  • 1 workshop: Jennifer Severson

  • Response writers: Adam, Rachel, Andrew

  • Ann Beattie: "Snow."  Jamaica Kincaid: "Girl"

Week 13

11/17

  • 2 workshops: Chanel Banks and Karrie Johnson

  • Response writers: Sarah, Rob,  Cheryl

  • D. H. Lawrence: "The Horse Dealer's Daughter."

11/19

  • 2 workshops: Rachel Duffy and Adam Hoogenakker 

  • Response writers: Karrie, Kyle, Lynette

Week 14

11/24

  • 12/1 workshoppers distribute photocopies

11/26

-- No class: Thanksgiving

 

Week 15

12/1

12/3

  • 2 workshops: Rob Cress and Cheryl Ihle

  • Response writers: Mark, Gretchen, Kristin

Final Exams

12/8-12/12

  • Thursday, December 11, 7:40 A.M.: Final Portfolio Workshop

  • Portfolios due 12/12, 2:50 P.M.

 

 

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