Techniques of Nonfiction
ENGL 292
Fall 2011
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02
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| Certificates: Writing |
This course is an introduction to contemporary creative nonfiction writing. We will analyze works of memoir, travel literature, profiles, and other essays that exemplify a range of formal approaches to the genre. The course is also an introduction to workshop procedures: Students will work on their own nonfiction in exercises, experiments, and longer essays, and they will develop a critical vocabulary for analyzing each others' writing. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing
In-class discussion of students' work and opportunities for revision
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Writers studied include: Hilton Als, Nicholson Baker, James Baldwin, Edwige Danticat, Joan Didion, Patricia Hampl, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jamaica Kincaid, Bernadette Mayer, John McPhee, Susan Orlean, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Regular short essays, one long essay, revisions, and a final portfolio. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course depends on student participation, which itself depends on meeting assignment deadlines. Students must also make every effort to attend the events with visiting writers who are on campus during the semester. (Q & A sessions usually scheduled Wednesday afternoons at 4:15 and readings at 8:00 p.m.).
This course contributes to the Theory & Literary Forms and Creative Writing concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Cohen,Lisa Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: ALLB004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 3 | FR: 3 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 13 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 3 | Unranked: 7 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This section of ENGL292 is limited to freshmen and sophomores only. |
| Instructor(s): Chase,Clifford Curtis Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: ZLKA202; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 7 | FR: 8 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 6 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 5 |
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