ࡱ> QSPg 4&bjbjVV 26r<r<Ehh8",0NN(vvvQQQo0q0q0q0q0q0q0$250QQQQQ0vv0Qdvvo0Qo0-#0vK[..[0000.^6.64#06#08QQQQQQQ00QQQ0QQQQ6QQQQQQQQQh : English 241: Fiction Writing Workshop for MFA Students San Jose State University, Fall 2011 Thursdays 4:00-6:45 PM Location: Health 405Prof. Nick Taylor Office Hours: MW 9:30am-12:00pm in English Dept (FOB 219) and 1:00pm-3:30pm in Steinbeck Center (MLK 590) Office Phone: 408-924-4458 Email: nicholas.taylor@sjsu.edu Note: Email is the fastest way to get in touch with me.Course Description This is the most advanced fiction workshop offered at 91. It is designed for students pursuing writing as a vocation. Students enrolled in the MFA Program in Creative Writing have registration priority. If there is extra space, graduate students in other disciplines may enroll. The majority of our class time will be spent discussing student work ("workshopping"). We will also read published pieces of fiction selected by members of the workshop. Students will lead these discussions. Additionally, we will discuss aspects of the writing profession. Topics include finding time to write, managing "free" time, finding an agent or publisher, and networking with other writers and publishing-industry people. Our readings from Lawrence Block's Telling Lies for Fun and Profit and your own questions will direct these discussions. Student Learning Goals Ability to read literature from a writer's perspective. Ability to generate new creative work on a deadline. Ability to offer constructive criticism of colleagues' work. Understanding of writing as a professional vocation. Course Requirements and Grading Attendance at all class meetings is essential. Because the real value of this course is the class discussions, you are only hurting yourself if you miss class. You are graduate students, and serious writers, and I will treat you as colleagues. You will submit at least two new pieces of work for discussion over the course of the semester. There may be time to turn in additional pieces if you choose. In place of a final exam, you will turn in a significant revision of one of the pieces you workshopped. You will be graded on your effort in this course. This includes not only the attention you give your own stories, but also your comments on your classmates' work and your participation in class discussions. In addition to your own submissions and regular and timely responses to your classmates' work, you will be required to lead one class discussion on a published story of your choice. Finally, you will be required to attend at least two literary readings over the course of the semester, and to turn in 1-2pp responses. Your response papers can cover the substance of the reading, the author's presentation style, the author's wardrobeanything. But you must attend these readings. Here are some of the readings being offered on campus this semester: Fiction writer Andrew Sean Greer, Weds. September 14, 7pm, ENGR 189 Fiction writer Melanie Rae Thon, Tues. October 11, 7:00pm, MLK 225 Fiction writer Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket), Weds. October 26, 7:00pm, ENGR 189 Poet Camille Dungy, Tues. November 8, 7:00pm, MLK 225 Steinbeck Fellows Reading, Weds. December 7, 7:00pm, MLK 225 Final grades will be the product of the following factors: Your Fiction (2 stories and a revision) 60% Class Participation 20% Leading the Discussion on a Published Story 10% Responses to two literary readings 10% Workshop Procedure At the first class meeting, I will pass around a sign-up sheet for workshops. Each of you will choose at least two dates when you want to hand in your stories. On those dates, you will pass out photocopies of your story to everyone in the class. Your story must be double-spaced, single-sided, and it must include page numbers. Your classmates will read your story, make comments in the margins, and write a one-page commentary on the back of the last page or attach a typed version of their comments. At the next class meeting, we will discuss your story. We will discuss up to three stories per class. At the end of the discussion, everyone will hand the author their marked-up manuscripts and commentaries. Procedure for Discussing Published Fiction One of the most useful skills you can learn in graduate school is how to lead a discussion. I will ask each of you to lead a class discussion this semester on a published story of your choice. Please bring a clean photocopy of your chosen story to the second class meeting. I will take the stories to the print shop and have them make copies for everyone. I will bring the copies to the third class meeting, where you can buy them. Expect the copies to cost around $15.00. When it is your turn to lead discussion, please come prepared with enough questions to keep the class going for approximately twenty minutes. I would like to approach these stories from a writer's perspective, so questions should lean more toward craft issues than thematic ones. I will talk more about what I have in mind during the first couple of weeks of class. Late Assignment Policy It is important that you turn in your stories when you say you're going to. This is your most important responsibility. Late or emailed stories will not be accepted. If you need to change your workshop date, it is your responsibility to find someone willing to trade dates with you, and to tell me that you've switched. Required Texts Block, Lawrence. Telling Lies for Fun and Profit. (New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1994). Photocopy packet of published short stories selected by your classmates (available at the third class meeting). Schedule Class meetings will be held every Wednesday evening from August 24 through December 7 with the exception of November 23 (Thanksgiving Holiday). When the workshop and story-discussion schedules are set, I will pass out copies of both so you will know who's up each week. You will turn in your final revisions on the last day of class, December 7. We will not meet for a final exam. Academic Honesty Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San Jos State University, and the Universitys Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The Policy on academic integrity can be found at: http://www.sjsu.edu/studentconduct/. Avoiding Plagiarism Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of somebody elses words or ideas and is considered an instance of academic dishonesty that instructors must report. You commit plagiarism by: buying, stealing, or borrowing a paper (or story); hiring someone to write a paper (or story); building on someones ideas without providing a citation; or copying from another source or using a source too closely when paraphrasing. In other words, submit only your own work. LARC (Learning Assistance Resource Center) The Learning Assistance Resource Center is an on-campus facility that provides peer tutoring for San Jos State University students. LARC offers assistance with writing, and if you feel as if you need intensive help beyond what I can offer during office hours, please request a writing tutor. The Center is located in The Student Services Center in the 10th Street Parking Garage, Room 600. The phone number is (408) 924-2587. Disabilities Policy If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires that students with disabilities register with the DRC to establish a record of their disability.     English 241, Taylor Page  PAGE 2 of  NUMPAGES 4 7{ j x {  `,E .+8:G\h! 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