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ENGL
104
Creative Non-fiction
Spring 2021
Division I
Writing Skills
Class Details
In this course we will read some of the most prominent practitioners of creative non-fiction–writers like John McPhee, Joan Didion, Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Orlean, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michael Pollan, Zadie Smith and Oliver Sacks. Students will also write in a variety of non-fiction modes–explainers, profiles, essays, memoirs. We will probe the border between invention and fact and consider the ways that narratives are constructed.
The Class:
Format: seminar; workshop
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 5178
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 5178
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
four short exercises of three pages or less; three longer assignments of five pages; and a final assignment, which is a revision and expansion of an earlier essay
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
first-year students who have not taken or placed out of a 100-level ENGL course
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills
WS Notes:
Four short exercises of three pages or less; three longer assignments of five pages; and a final assignment, which is a revision and expansion of an earlier essay. Students will receive from the instructor timely comments on their writing skills, with suggestions for improvement.
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ENGL 104 - R1 (S)
SEM Creative Non-fiction
ENGL 104 - R1 (S) SEM Creative Non-fictionDivision I Writing SkillsMR 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
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