Fuerst, Carl
Title: Associate Lecturer
Office Number: A162
Phone Number: 608/758-6518 x
Email Address: carl.fuerst@uwc.edu
Department(s): English

Office Hours:
Fall 2009

Monday and Wednesday, 1pm-2pm

Degrees/Schools:
M.A., English, Northern Illinois University

Classes:
Fall 2009

Eng 101
Composition I
M-W 10:30am-11:45am
Andrews Hall 231

Eng 102
Composition II
M-W 2:30pm-3:45pm
Hyatt Smith 019

Eng 102
Composition II
Tu-Th 5:30pm-6:45pm
Andrews Hall 134

Eng 102
Composition II
M-W 9:00am-10:15am
Andrews Hall 131

Website:
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Message:
I’m fascinated by storytelling, from cave paintings to novels, from brain-bending art films to old episodes of Three’s Company, and from dinner-table conversations to the papers my students write for class.

I passed my field exams last August, and I’m writing a dissertation that applies narrative and genre theory to speculative fiction from the mid-twentieth century. Also, I’m an avid writer of fiction and an associate editor for Narrative Magazine.

It’s my opinion that effective writing is not a magic power that some are born with, but a skill that, through much pain and practice, anybody can learn. In my classes, we learn how to write and read effectively by writing, reading, and talking about writing (though not always in that order).