Advanced Nonfiction Workshop
ENGL 326
Spring 2014
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
| Certificates: Writing |
This workshop offers students with prior experience writing nonfiction a chance to develop new work and to analyze a range of texts, many of which focus on the facts and the poetics of place. Class meetings will be devoted analysis of these texts and to the constructive critique of students' essays. Students will also write short response papers on the required texts and will meet with visiting writers. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Authors studied may include: Eula Biss, Siddhartha Deb, Joan Didion, Jamaica Kincaid, George Saunders, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Rebecca Solnit, Robert Sullivan, Gary Younge, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Several short essays; one long essay; revisions; short presentation and response paper; final portfolio of all written work |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Attendance at and participation in every class are required. Students are also required to attend 2 events per semester with visiting writers (usually scheduled on Wednesday afternoons at 4:15 and evenings at 8:00 p.m.). Enrolled students must adjust their schedules accordingly.
To apply to this course, please submit 5 double-spaced pages of prose (preferably creative nonfiction). Please also submit a cover page in two sections: 1) your name, email address, year in school, major (if any), some of your favorite writers and any other influences; 2) a short biographical statement (a paragraph) describing your history with and interest in nonfiction writing, or other creative writing background; 3) if you are applying to more than one upper-level creative writing course, you must indicate your order of preference. The application deadline is Monday, November 4 at 9:00 a.m. Please submit your materials electronically in a single attachment to lcohen01@wesleyan.edu. Please use either Microsoft Word or rich-text-format for your attachment. You will be notified electronically of the status of your application by the end of preregistration.
Students may not take this course and another creative writing course concurrently.
This course contributes to the Theory & Literary Forms and the Creative Writing concentrations in the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Cohen,Lisa Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK403; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 12 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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