IMF 51673 Fiction: Tobias Wolff L

Instructor

Beth Mead

Class Type

Craft & Literature

Course Description

This course is a craft/literature class focused on the short stories of Tobias Wolff. Each week, the instructor provides craft notes drawn from an assigned story, and as part of class discussion, students write a brief excerpt that mirrors craft techniques from that week's story. This allows students to receive weekly feedback on these writing exercises, along with responding to stories through literary analysis and by reading from a writer’s perspective. Our textbook is a Wolff story collection that features highlights from his writing career (such as “Bullet in the Brain”) as well as stories newly written for this book.