Fall 2019 Graduate Courses

ENG 607- Fiction

M 2:00-4:30pm          

Wilkinson, Crystal

This course is an intensive  study of the art of writing fiction. We will write approximately 45-60 pages of fiction (three stories) during the semester. Novel chapters can also be submitted. The primary emphasis of the course will be on the analysis and discussion of student works in progress but we will also be reading published work for insight into craft. “How did reading this contribute to my education as a writer” will be the core reflection on each published piece. You will also give a presentation on a project that explores a topic of interest that is relevant to your own writing which can take the form of an author interview, a brief craft talk/essay, a media presentation, an intense study of one writer’s body of work or some other form. Outside readings may be in the form of a course packet or an entire book (to be decided)

ENG 607- Fiction

M 2:00-4:30pm          

Pittard, Hannah                     

This course will focus heavily on student writing. As such, students will be expected to write and workshop three wholly new short stories over the course of the semester – four if time allows. Note: This is not a workshop in novel or novella writing. This is a workshop whose focus is on The Short Story. All work will be written during the semester. No previously workshopped or previously written material will be accepted. Enrollment restricted to students who have been admitted into the MFA Program in Creative Writing in Fiction and by permission of the instructor.

ENG 607- Poetry         

M 5:00-7:30pm

Walker, Frank 

A course for experienced writers who have some knowledge of contemporary American literature. Equal emphasis on students' original work and outside reading. Each student will produce a chapbook of poems or stories and write a short introduction to it. May be repeated with the same subtitle to a maximum of fifteen credits.

ENG 608-SR – Poetic Forms                            

R 5:00-7:30pm

Johnson, Julia              

This course examines the craft, emphasizing techniques, style, and structure. May be offered in each genre offered in the MFA degree program. At least 6 hours of courses related to the study of creative writing genres, such as: Craft of Poetry, Fiction, or Nonfiction, with emphasis on themes such as: Ekphrastic Writing, Experimental Forms, Working Class Themes, etc.

ENG 653                                            

F 2:00-4:30pm

James, Pearl              

This course will provide an in-depth consideration of American writing of the modernist period.  We will begin by attempting to define “modernism” and to consider the influences that have determined, and revised, the shape of the American modernist canon.  We will consider American modernism in conjunction with both historical contexts and international artistic movements.  We will spend about half of the semester thinking about World War I and its relationship to American writing, which may or may not qualify as “modernist.” 

ENG 656: The Black Intellectual              

TR 11:00am-12:15pm  

Wright, Nazera            

An in-depth study of black American literature, with concentration on major texts by major black writers.

ENG 700                                             

T 2:00-4:30pm

Doolen, Andy              

This course allows Ph.D. candidates who have completed all course work requirements to work together under the direction of a senior faculty member in preparing for and taking the Qualifying Examination. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.

ENG 781-SR                                       

M 5:00-7:30pm

TBD

Seminar in special topics in film, such as directors, genres, historical periods, film and literature, film theories, and film movements. Viewing of films outside of class is required. May be repeated under different subtitle to a maximum of nine credits.