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Writing Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 317R | University Course
Creations of style and technique in prose nonfiction; discipline and practice of the writer.
Course Details
Prerequisites
ENGL 218R (Creative Writing) or instructor's consent.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Montaigne
Lesson 3: Contemporary Theory
Lesson 4: Eduardo Galeano and Short Nonfiction
Lesson 5: Fact
Lesson 6: Contemporary Essays
Lesson 7: Essay on Place
Lesson 8: Critiquing Others
Lesson 9: Interview
Lesson 10: Doyle, Frazier, Sanders Essay
Lesson 11: Publishing Exercise
Lesson 12: Final Portfolio
Lesson 2: Montaigne
Lesson 3: Contemporary Theory
Lesson 4: Eduardo Galeano and Short Nonfiction
Lesson 5: Fact
Lesson 6: Contemporary Essays
Lesson 7: Essay on Place
Lesson 8: Critiquing Others
Lesson 9: Interview
Lesson 10: Doyle, Frazier, Sanders Essay
Lesson 11: Publishing Exercise
Lesson 12: Final Portfolio
Syllabus
Textbooks
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The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2012 (Required) by: Root and Robert Jr. and Michael Steinberg ISBN: 9780205172771 2011 Pearson |
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Days and Nights of Love and War by: Eduardo Galeano ISBN: 9781583670231 Novel |
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The Book of Embraces by: Cedric Belfrage ISBN: 9780393029604 1992 W. W. Norton & Company |
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Upside Down : A Primer For The Looking-Glass World by: Mark Fried ISBN: 9780312420314 Novel |
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Voices Of Time : A Life In Stories by: Mark Fried ISBN: 9780312426828 Novel |
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Flatness And Other Landscapes by: Michael Martone ISBN: 9780820324791 2003 University of Georgia Press |
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Notes from No Man’s Land by: Eula Biss ISBN: 9781555975180 Novel |
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Sick Of Nature by: Gessner, David ISBN: 9781584654643 2005 Dartmouth College Press |
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The Emigrants by: W.G. Sebald ISBN: 9780811213660 Novel |
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A Private History of Awe by: Scott Russell Sanders ISBN: 9780865477346 Novel |
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Gone to New York: Adventures in the City. by: Ian Frazier ISBN: 9780374281632 Novel |
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Hunting for Hope by: Scott Russell Sanders ISBN: 9780807064252 Novel |
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Leaping: Revelations and Epiphanies by: Brian Doyle ISBN: 9780829418132 Novel |
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The Fish’s Eye: Essays about Angling and the Outdoors by: Ian Frazier ISBN: 9780312421694 Novel |
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The Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart by: Brian Doyle ISBN: 9781557254054 2005 Paraclete Press |
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Other Materials
Digital TextRequiredThe Book of Embraces. Digital version of text $4.50Digital TextRequiredWriting Creative Nonfiction – The Flatness and Other Landscapes. Digital version of text $11.75
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