UNO Low Residency MFA Program

Graduate Writers' Workshop, with Kay Murphy

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: ENGL 6171 Intensive Fiction Writing 3 cr. Admission by permission of the department. Training in the writing of short stories and novels, taught in an intensive (short term) format, in residence. May be repeated for credit. OR
ENGL 6173 Intensive Poetry Writing 3 cr. Admission by permission of the department. Training in the writing of poetry, taught in an intensive (short term) format, in residence. May be repeated for credit. OR
ENGL 6174 Intensive Non-Fiction Writing Workshop 3 cr. A workshop in advanced non-fiction writing, taught in an intensive (short term) format, in residence. May be repeated for credit with consent of department.

PROFESSOR'S ADDENDUM: This mixed-genre workshop will focus on participants' writing and revising; we will look at genres within genres and the many possible hybrids. Participants will be expected to read closely in all genres and provide both written and oral critiques of peer work.

Kay Murphy teaches writing in the UNO Creative Writing Workshop. She is the author of two books, The Autopsy (Spoon River Poetry Press) and Belief Blues (Portals Press). Her poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, has appeared in Ascent, Fiction International, New Orleans Review, North American Review, Poetry, and has been anthologized in Sweet Nothings: Poetry of Rock and Roll. Her work appears regularly in The American Book Review and other literary journals.

Note: this workshop will also feature readings and manuscript conferences by visiting writers to be announced.

Other Classes Available for Graduate Credit

FREN 3404 Special topics in French Civilization J. Cranmer, Academic Director 2003
ENGL 4390 Comparative Studies (Cross Listing)
The period in France, Known as the "Belle Epoque", from the 1880's to the beginning of WWI, is well-chronicled in poster images of the Moulin Rouge and Le Chat Noir by Toulouse-Lautrec, Chéret, Steinlein and others. This course will take a close look at this period in all its manifestations and will pay particular attention to the visual, musical, and literary arts of the time. Myriad new inventions and technological advances opened up possibilities of transportation and communication never before imagined. Artists and writers, for their part, rejected the esthetic expectations of the past and sought new means of expression, while a current of political and artistic conservatism struggled to maintain the status quo. This course will take a close look at this period in all its manifestations and will pay particular attention to the visual, musical, and literary arts of the time. Readings will be from the works of J.-K. Huysmans, Alfred Jarry, Georges Feydeau, Anatole France, Marcel Proust, Colette, and Guillaume Apollinaire, among others.

DRCM 4093,94,95 Public Speaking and Special Topics in Rhetoric, M. Kuss
This course will emphasize small group communication, discussion, listening and evaluation. We will drw on our rich European environments for topics and discussions emphasizing each student's unique European experience. This course may be taken in conjunction with the literary reading series for those wishing to improve their oral communications skills. Graduate students will be asked to critique other students' work as well as the readings presented by the professional readers.

DRCM 4540 The Development of the Cinema, M. Kuss
A history of the development of the cinema from the beginnings to the present day. Emphasis on the artistic, social, economic and technical phenomena which have influenced the growth of international films. Particular attention will be paid to the development of European Cinema from the early 20th century to the present, with emphasis on the films of Renoir, the French New Wave, the German and Soviet Golden Ages and the impact of American Film.