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ENGL 169 introduces students to selected American fiction, prose, drama, and poetry from the early twentieth century to the present.
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The workload is generally light, consisting mostly of readings and a few easy writing assignments. Porter Shreve’s online section requires intensive weekly discussion posts and a short story project.
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026An introduction to creative writing focusing on fiction and poetry workshops with model readings.
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Historical reviews of Aeron Parks, Kathryn Harlan, Phoebe Kranefuss: Grading emphasizes effort and improvement over strict difficulty, with ratings ranging from easy to moderate. Weekly critiques and discussion-based participation are central to the workload, requiring active engagement in a small class setting.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A workshop focused on writing literary fiction and poetry while studying contemporary writers as models.
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Students must complete all readings and homework before class to succeed in this moderately difficult course.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ENGL 408 is a Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop focused on writing literary fiction.
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Historical reviews of Ricky Fayne: The workload involves significant reading, but the difficulty is rated as low (2/5) by a reviewer who corrected an initial high rating.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ENGL 409 is a creative writing poetry workshop focused on writing literary poetry.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ENGL 695 is a directed creative writing course for the individually directed writing of a poetry or fiction manuscript.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ENGL 699 is a directed study course for junior or senior English students.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleA graduate fiction workshop where students write short stories and novel chapters, critique peer work, and read contemporary fiction.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleA graduate workshop where students write poems, critique peers' work, and read contemporary poetry.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleENGL 785 provides thesis hours for MFA creative writing students to complete a book of short stories, poems, or a novel.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleOffering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample