The Good Story

The Good Story is a Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies class taught by Eric Sanders.

Course Description
How do narratives function? What are the elements that combine to create that most elusive of forms, a "good story"? This course will address these and other questions in an effort to provide students interested in the humanities and arts (including fiction and non-fiction writing, theater, and film) with the fundamental skills necessary for analyzing and creating successful narratives. Close readings will seek to reveal how writers are able to grip an audience's attention by building narrative questions, how plots are structured both within scenes and across an entire work, how resonant dialogue can effectively manage to impart information and create subtext, and how characters relate to plot. Classes will combine writing instruction with peer review sessions to aid students in the process of developing and revising their work.

Learning Goals

 * Expressive
 * Reading
 * Writing