Techniques of Nonfiction
ENGL 292
Fall 2017
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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 will develop a critical vocabulary for analyzing each others' writing. |
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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: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Writers studied include: Zadie Smith, James Baldwin, James Foster Wallace, Pres. Barrack Obama, Natalie Goldberg, Jean-Paul Sartre, Alexander Chee, Maggie Nelson, Elif Batuman, Pankaj Mishra, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two long-form submissions to the workshop.
Five short writing assignments.
One revision. |
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 4:30 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): Sawhney,Hirsh Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: ALLB304; |
| 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: 2 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
| 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: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Locascio,Lisa Alana Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: FISK101; |
| 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: 8 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
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