Course details
Name: ENWR - 205
Title: CREATIVE NONFICTION WORKSHOP
Section: 01
Semester: Fall - 2018
Credits: 3
Description:
This course is designed to introduce you to the many elements and literary techniques involved in narrative nonfiction⎯the literature of reality. Narrative nonfiction came into vogue in the 60s and 70s, when writers like Truman Capote, Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, and Joan Didion began using so-called “fictional techniques” in their nonfiction stories.
Today, the names seen in magazines—glossy and literary—include Leslie Jamison, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Maggie Nelson, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
We will read and dissect essays and articles covering the broad spectrum of the genre.
This is a writing-intensive class, and you will be assigned three essays of 750 words each, which we will read aloud and discuss in class. The final project for this class will be a portfolio containing the following: a rewrite of each of your three essays; a 250-word essay introducing your portfolio; a 250-word essay on any one of the articles read in class.
Last updated on 2018-04-09 By
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Schedule: Wednesday From 8:15 pm To 10:45 pm
Graduation requirements:
- Genre Study (Fiction)
- Creative Writing (CW)
Teaching Faculty: Rotella Mark (rotellam)
Is course canceled: No