ENGL 807 (01) - Fiction: Form and Technique
Fiction: Form and Technique
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
CRN: 51241
| Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/23/2024 | 5/6/2024 | T | 9:40am - 12:30pm | HS 232 |
Spring 2024 Special Topic: Lighting up the Dark, Short Story Collections
In this course we’ll contemplate craft and creativity in short stories, reading a diverse array of collections. We’ll identify unifying themes, ponder the order and presentation of the stories, and consider links whether by character, recurring idea, setting, or simply the author’s particular style. Texts will include Revenge by Yoko Ogawa, Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty, That Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, After the Quake by Haruki Murakami, Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan, What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi and others. Starting each class with a short essay by an acclaimed writer featured in Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration and Artistic Process, we’ll also explore our own individual creative processes. As we question each author’s intent and choices, we'll reflect on what inspires and lights the imagination in our own fiction, as well as try our hand at writing short pieces, completely unique, but inspired by these stories and essays.
Special Topic Spring 2024: Teaching Media and Information Literacy
This course provides an overview of research in TESOL for teachers of multilingual students, novice educational researchers, and readers of published research. We will explore a number of broad areas and issues in the field of TESOL along with the various research approaches and methodologies that are used to study them. Come join an engaging community of learners from various academic backgrounds who are passionate about language learning, teaching, and research! Pre-service teachers may be interested in conducting practitioner research in their future classrooms to better serve their students, while graduate students may be preparing to write a thesis in TESOL/applied linguistics, education, or other related fields. The course will also benefit students with a general interest in language learning and teaching who would like to further explore their interests through the examination of TESOL research.