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Winter 2017
Apr 03,2025 |
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| WR 240 - Creative Nonfiction |
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Prerequisite: A passing grade of (C- or better) in WR121 or a passing score on the English department's waiver exam or waived based on instructor's evaluation of student writing. This course is designed to introduce the genre of Creative Nonfiction. Students will learn the conventions and techniques of creative non fiction through guided writing projects. Students will learn strategies for developing narrative, backstory, pacing, and characterization by reading the work of other students and published authors, whose work will serve as models. The reading assignments will include various modes of the genre, such as autobiography/memoir, personal essay, nature and/or science writing, and literary journalism. Students will produce, workshop, and present their own works of creative nonfiction in class.
4.000 Credit hours 40.000 TO 48.000 Lecture hours Syllabus Available Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture Arts & Humanities Division Writing/Literature Department Course Attributes: Tuition, Arts and Letters Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Credit May not be enrolled in one of the following Colleges: College Now Prerequisites: Credit level WR 121 Minimum Grade of C- or WR 121 at Prev College P or WR 121 at Prev College P |
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