Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Prerequisite: ENGL 319 Writing Creative Nonfiction.
This is a workshop in writing creative nonfiction, furthering work done in ENGL 319, Writing Creative Nonfiction. Students will write in different genres (e.g., memoir, travel writing, speculative essay, nature writing, the spiritual essay), and will further their study in using both traditional and experimental literary techniques in nonfiction.
Outcomes: Students will deepen their learning of traditional and innovative methods of writing creative nonfiction, applying them to their original creative nonfictions and discussing and critiquing them in fellow students' work.
Prerequisite: ENGL 319 Writing Creative Nonfiction.
This is a workshop in writing creative nonfiction, furthering work done in ENGL 319, Writing Creative Nonfiction. Students will write in different genres (e.g., memoir, travel writing, speculative essay, nature writing, the spiritual essay), and will further their study in using both traditional and experimental literary techniques in nonfiction.
Outcomes: Students will deepen their learning of traditional and innovative methods of writing creative nonfiction, applying them to their original creative nonfictions and discussing and critiquing them in fellow students' work.
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110, C- or higher
Prerequisite: English 319 Writ
This is a writing intensive class. A grade of C- or better in UCWR 110 is required to enroll.
Research and the Personal Essay
Research can take many forms in the personal essay, from informal conversations to immersive experiences to the consultation of archival documents and photographs. An inventive research process can enliven a personal essay and drive the writer into a more expansive understanding of their own experience. This course will investigate how nonfiction writers use research to generate new ideas, propel a draft forward, and facilitate revision. Class discussions of readings will be augmented by tutorials on various research techniques, but this is not primarily a research skills course. As a writing workshop, this course will be devoted to supporting and discussing student work. We will approach the personal essay as a record of the movement of the author¿s mind over their subject, a process aided and augmented by research. Our definition of research will be expansive, and students will be encouraged to engage in research that is not just based on texts, but also on images, experiences, and interactions with other people.
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