CRWR 371 - The Short Story Cycle

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WADV

This course will focus on the structure and function of the short story cycle, as a transitional genre between the short and the long forms. Readings will include work by Anderson, Munro, Erdrich, and Diaz. Students will be required to plan, to workshop, and to revise a cycle of 3-5 interrelated stories (approx. 45 pages) by the end of term.

Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: S. Watanabe

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: Normally, successful completion of CRWR 201 is a prerequisite for application to this course. In special circumstances individual instructors can accept students without this prerequisite. Please note that CRWR 201 is still required for completion of the Creative Writing major. Questions about consent and enrollment should be directed to the instructor, at sylvia.watanabe@oberlin.edu. It is strongly recommended that students complete at least one other 300-level prose workshop before applying.