Reading and Writing Short Stories
LIT4211.01
Course Description
Summary
We'll read some 40 stories in this class-mostly contemporary, although we will include a few glorious others-and look for what makes them, well, stories. That's part one. Part two is writing: first bits and pieces, scenes and dialogue and narrative explorations, and then a couple of polished stories to discuss in workshops and revise. Intensive engagement in reading, writing, and talking is an absolute requirement.Prerequisites
Permission of instructor. Email creative writing sample of 3 to 5 pages to rgodwin@bennington.edu no later than October 30. A class list will be posted on November 4 on the Literature bulletin board on the second floor of the Barn.
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