Obioma, Chigozie
R 2 :20 PM
Park Hall 0061
For thousands of years, fiction writers (and storytellers) have tried to explain the condition of human and non-human inhabitants of the world in which they live. This avenue for such complex expression will undoubtedly be worthy of studying, hence the rationale for this seminar. We will therefore attempt to understand the “fiction condition” and how such a knowledge—primarily of the craft, techniques, and mechanics of fiction—can help us craft good fiction. To aid our efforts, we will devote time primarily to the analysis and discussion of the work of fellow students and a handful of published work. But the primary focus would be on workshopping students’ original fiction samples. To this end, students will be expected to produce graduate-level fiction* and to read and discuss fiction (both student’s work and published texts) at a level of sophistication suitable to a graduate seminar. At the end of the course, students will have a significant body of workshopped creative work, as well as a portfolio of reflections and other critical pieces.