ENGLISH 4100 ADVANCED FICTION WRITING – Fall 2015
Professor: Miroslav Penkov
Web Page: http://courses.unt.edu/mpenkov
Office Location: AUDB 213B
Office Hours: Wednesday – 5:00 – 6:30 pm, Thursday – 5:00 – 6:30 or by appointment.
Email: mpenkov@unt.edu
Last change: November 5, 2015
This syllabus is subject to change (though I’ll notify you in advance).
Week One (8/27) – Introduction
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Policies & Procedures, Syllabus.
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Introductions
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Story One Assignment
Week Two (9/3) – No Class
Week Three (9/10)
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Quiz & Writing Exercise
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Come to class having read the following stories:
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Claire Vaye Watkins – The Last Thing We Need
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Wells Tower – The Brown Coast
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Bonnie Jo Campbell – Trespasser
Week Four (9/17)
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Quiz & Writing Exercise
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Come to class having read the following stories:
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Claire Vaye Watkins – Rondine Al Nido
 Wells Tower – Retreat
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Bonnie Jo Campbell – The Solutions to Brian’s Problem
Week Five (9/24)
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Quiz & Writing Exercise
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Come to class having read the following stories:
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Claire Vaye Watkins – The Past Perfect, The Past Continuous…
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Wells Tower – Down Through the Valley
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Bonnie Jo Campbell – Boar Taint
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 – DUE: Story One
You must submit your first story electronically as either a Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF file to mpenkov@unt.edu
by 6:30 pm on September 30, 2015 . I will not accept the story at a later date (but you may submit it early). See Policies and Procedures for exact manuscript formatting.

ENGL 4100 – Syllabus 2
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Name the file as follows: ENGL 4100, LAST NAME, FIRST NAME.
(Example: ENGL 4100, SMITH, JOHN.docx)
Week Six (10/1)
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Quiz & Writing Exercise
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Story Two – Assignment
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Come to class having read the following stories:
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Claire Vaye Watkins – Man-O-War
 Wells Tower – On The Show
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Bonnie Jo Campbell – Storm Warning
Week Seven (10/8) – Workshop – 3 stories
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Come to class having read and commented on the packet of stories.
 Come to class having read Claire Vaye Watkins’ “Ghosts, Cowboys.”
Week Eight (10/15) – Visiting Poet - Kathleen Graber
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8 pm – Reading, Location TBA
Week Nine (10/22) – Workshop – 3 stories
 Come to class having read and commented on the packet of stories.
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Come to class having read Claire Vaye Watkins’ “Graceland.”
Wednesday, October 29 – Visiting Fiction Writer – Claire Vaye Watkins
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4:30 pm - Q&A, Location TBA
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8:00 pm – Reading, Location TBA (Mandatory attendance)
Week Ten (10/29) – Workshop – 3 stories
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Come to class having read and commented on the packet of stories.
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Come to class having read Bonnie Jo Campbell’s “Winter Life.”
Week Eleven (11/5) – Workshop – 3 stories – No Class – Tornado Warning!
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Come to class having read and commented on the packet of stories.
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Come to class having read Wells Tower’s “Door in Your Eye.”
Week Twelve (11/12) – Workshop – 4 stories
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Come to class having read and commented on the packet of stories by Sam, Jacob,
Katherine, Shakira.
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Come to class having read Wells Tower’s “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned.”

ENGL 4100 – Syllabus 3
Week Thirteen (11/19) – Workshop – 4 stories
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Come to class having read and commented on the packet of stories.
Week Fourteen (11/26) – Thanksgiving Break
Week Fifteen (12/03) – DUE: Story Two
DUE: Story Two
You must submit your second story electronically as either a Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF file to mpenkov@unt.edu
by 6:30 pm on December 3, 2015 . I will not accept the story at a later date (but you may submit it early).
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Name the file as follows: ENGL 4100, LAST NAME, FIRST NAME.
(Example: ENGL 4100, SMITH, JOHN.docx)