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