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MFA 671: The Techniques of Long Fiction
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
With an emphasis on contemporary novels, this course engages students in close readings of long fiction, examining ways in which different authors use formal elements, including characterization, structure, point of view, chapter structure, and figurative language. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own novels-in-progress.
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MFA 672: The Craft of Short Fiction
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
With an emphasis on contemporary short stories, this course engages students in close readings of short fiction, examining ways in which different authors can serve as models for crafting the formal elements of fiction, including structure, characterization, point of view, imagery, and style. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own stories.
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MFA 673: The Prose of Fact
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
What are the elements that make nonfiction writing creative This course rehearses a variety of modes that contribute to making fact-based writing dynamic. Examples of memoir, travel writing, nature writing, history, criticism, and letters are used, augmented by creative techniques associated with fiction and poetry. Offered in the Fall.
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MFA 674: Prosody:The Meaning of Poetic Form
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
An in-depth study of poetic elements, with an eye to the history and evolution of poetic forms. Students look at the organizing principles of syllable, stanza, and line; of stress, meter, rhyme, and a variety of countings, as well as contemporary explorations of fragmentation, interruption, chance, and silence. Readings are drawn from the ancients as well as from postmodern contemporaries, and demonstrate a range of structural elements, radical and classic. Offered in the Fall.
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MFA 675: Teaching Creative Writing
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
A study of the methods, theory, and practice of teaching creative writing. Students read extensively about pedagogy, develop model lessons, and put them into practice. Topics range from the philosophy of teaching to designing a course, choosing class materials, and responding to student writing. Teaching demonstrations offer the students the opportunity to practice teaching in front of their peers.
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MFA 679: Major Project
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
Students work with individual Major Project instructors to formulate, plan, and begin to execute the Major Project. Offered in the Summer
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MFA 680: Style in Fiction
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
To deepen a student's understanding of style and its relation to content, this course examines fiction at the level of language, emphasizing short stories as a convenient means to analyze a broader range of styles. Elements of style studied include sentence structure, tone, rhythm, diction, voice, and imagery. There may also be a focus on different schools of style, such as stream of consciousness, minimalist, magical realism, or surrealism.
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MFA 681: Blurred Boundaries:Writing Beyond Genre
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
This course focuses on modern literary works that cross or combine genres and therefore stand outside the conventions of any single genre. By studying such works, students learn to draw from a variety of models and modes, to increase their stylistic and structural range. Readings are drawn from genre theory and works such as "short short," the "lyric essay," the "illustrated novel," the "prose poem," and the "novel in verse." Offered intermittently
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MFA 682: Foundations of Nonfiction
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
This course looks at fundamental texts of literary nonfiction in an historical context, affording students an opportunity to learn about the heritage of the genre. A range of reading demonstrates the suppleness of the form and helps students to discover possibilities of theme and structure in nonfiction prose. Readings may include diaries, speeches, meditations, journals, and monologues. Offered in the Fall.
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MFA 683: The Art of the Essay
3.00 Credits
University of San Francisco
Students read from a range of nonfiction, looking at thematic impetus, investigative purpose, or meditative stance, and explore a variety of approaches, techniques, and subjects available to them. Course readings include personal essays, informative pieces, and investigations of place and character. Offered in the Spring.
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