Creative Writing: Nonfiction
General
Prefix
ENGL
Course Number
341
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Principles, practices and purposes of nonfiction creative writing, including focused reading and analysis of relevant nonfiction prose.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
4
Max
4
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Develop a working knowledge of representative texts and writers within the genre.
Outcome
Develop a working knowledge of the vocabulary of craft, including the effective use of significant/concrete detail, scene, dialogue, narrative, reflection, structure and figurative language.
Outcome
Evaluate and analyze texts within the genre.
Outcome
Produce, revise, and rewrite their own work in the genre.
Outcome
Evaluate, consider, and respond to the work of their peers in group workshop.
Outcome
Consider the complex issues of memory and truth in creative nonfiction.
Outcome
Assess their own progress and writing process as writers within the genre.
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