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English 423 Schedule, Fall 2012

Last updated: August 22, 2012

Immediately after each date below, you'll find instructions and reading assignments due for that day's class session.  

SM = Story Matters, ed. Baxter

You should also be reading self-selections from our texts throughout the term, finding work that appeals to you or moves you, that you find challenging or curious, and that you'd like to discuss in class. You are free at any time to suggest your selections to me for our schedule.

Attendance, active participation, and attention to reading assignments are vital to a workshop course. It is also crucial that you pay careful attention to and stay aware of updates, as our schedule is flexible and will be adjusted as we progress through the term, based on the kind and frequency of workshop material the class is producing. If you miss a class, please follow instructions detailed on our Homepage.   (You're expected to be prepared for each class meeting, whether you missed the previous one or not.) If you ever have questions, don't hesitate to contact me:  Cindy Nichols. It's important to remember too that missing a one-day per-week class is the equivalent of missing a week's worth of the course.

Aug. 23—

Course introduction. Begin learning logs and work with fiction.

 

Aug. 30 —

Before class:

  • Study our Homepage and all course policies very carefully.
  • In SM, read:
    • Chapter 1," pp. 1-9.
    • "The Cures for Love" and "A Conversation with Charles Baxter," pp. 109-128 .
  • In Art of Description, read "Introduction" and "The Art of Staging," pp. 3-31.

Submit any creative material to our Blackboard/Discussion Board/Workshop area which you'd like to have workshopped. Remember to email the class as well, with your work attached as a Word document.

 

Sept. 6 —

Before class:

In SM, read:

      Chapter 2, pp. 10-16.

     “After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Was Drowned” and "A Conversation with Dave Eggers," pp. 177-193.

      In Art of Subtext, read "Digging the Subterranean,"pp. 33-61.

Sept. 13 —

Before class:

In SM, read:

      Chapter 3, pp. 17-47 +.

     “A Temporary Matter” and "A Conversation with Jhumpa Lahiri," pp. 287-306.

 

 

 

More coming soon.

 

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