Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog, Volume 79 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog, Volume 79 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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WRIT - 270. Writing Creative Nonfiction


3 credit(s)
In Writing Creative Nonfiction we’ll explore how to artfully write and shape true stories. Often, we’ll rely on the tools associated with fiction writing and consider craft elements such as characterization, setting, description, and use of figurative language as we write about real events and people. Topics we’ll examine include the challenge of turning oneself into a character in an essay, the ethics of creative nonfiction, how to write about what we don’t remember, recreating conversations, and writing about family and friends. We will read and write various types of essays including memoir, the personal essay, the lyric essay, the nature essay, and the graphic essay. Assignments include three essays and many shorter craft exercises. Students will also be responsible for analytical responses to published work. There will be a workshop component to this course, and students are expected to share their work with classmates and engage in peer review.

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