English 241 - T echniques of Fiction

Institution:

St Lawrence University

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Description:

An introductory study of basic technical problems and formal concepts of fiction writing. John Cheever once suggested that fiction "is a sort of sleight-of-hand that displays our deepest feelings about life." As beginning fiction writers, students will mine autobiography, secondary research and other sources for ideas that pique their artistic interests. Through close reading of published fiction and nonfiction on the writer's craft, students learn how to shape their material into compelling stories using characterization, point of view, time, setting and other narrative techniques.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stlawu.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 229-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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