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CS92PROD
Advanced Nonfiction Workshop: Biography and Profile
ENGL 326
Spring 2010
Section: 01  

This advanced workshop offers students a chance to read biographies and write biographical prose. Among other questions we will ask, Where and how does such a portrait begin? What responsibilities does representing a life involve? What kinds of research are necessary? What constitutes evidence about a life? How does, and to what extent should, the writer's relationship to his or her subject inform the portrait?

Essential Capabilities: Writing
Regular in-class discussion of student work and opportunities for revision
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: None
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

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