ENGL 486(F) Lying About the Truth: Advanced Fiction Workshop
"Everything flows from the real, including the beautiful deformations of the real."-James Wood
An advanced workshop in the particular problems and possibilities involved in the use of the historical or non-fictional as the basis for fiction. What happens when you attempt to write serious fiction about historical situations or real people? What happens when a piece of fiction reaches outside itself, signals beyond itself to the "real" world? How does using the real as the basis of fiction enhance and/or limit a fiction writer's possibilities?
Format: small workshop with the possibility of tutorial meetings. Requirements: active participation in class discussion; written responses to published and student work; at least two pieces of your own fiction during the semester, and one revision to be turned in after classes are over.
Prerequisites: English 384 or 385, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limit: 10 (expected: 10). Selection based on writing samples.
Hour: K. SHEPARD