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WRLIT-2040-1: W: Lit Forms - Genre Fiction

Spring 2022

Subject: Writing and Literature
Type: Workshop
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: January 18, 2022 — May 08, 2022
Meetings: Thu 7:15-10:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 141
Instructor: Hugh Behm-Steinberg

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 5/18

Description:

Genre fiction can transport readers to a past that never was, complete with zeppelins, magic and dinosaurs, or a future where aliens brush shoulders with our cyborg children, or a now concealing unspeakable horrors we cannot imagine without shuddering. In this class, we’ll learn how to write science fiction, fantasy and horror, as well as great prose, characters we care about, worlds we want to get lost in, and plots that grip and don’t let go. We’ll explore the history and critical languages of genre fiction, do all sorts of generative writing and revision exercises, and become better readers, writers and critics of each other’s work.Texts:
Ursula K. Le Guin, Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story. 

Jeff Vandermeer, Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Revised and Expanded Version)

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