Writing Nonfiction: Memoir and the Personal Essay

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Overview

Subject area

ENG

Catalog Number

2145

Course Title

Writing Nonfiction: Memoir and the Personal Essay

Description

An introduction to personal essay writing. Course topics include strategies and techniques to develop an autobiographical point of view, a unique reflective voice, storyline, expression, dialogue, effective language use, and strategies for revision. Read from a variety of genres and forms of memoir, autobiography, personal essays, journals, letters, and diaries to analyze choices and techniques used by professional writers. The workshop portion of this course introduces methods for receiving and delivering effective constructive feedback with the goal of improving one?s own creative development.

Pre- or Corequisite

034701

Liberal Arts

Yes

Course Attributes

WRIC - WRIC (Writing Intensive)

Department(s)

Credits

Minimum

3

Max

3

Components

Name

Lecture

Contact Hours

3

Course Schedule