Topics in the Craft of Creative Nonfiction

Overview

Subject area

ENGL

Catalog Number

79600

Course Title

Topics in the Craft of Creative Nonfiction

Department(s)

Description

Participants will study the writer’s craft in creative nonfiction. Particular attention will be paid to strategies such as historical summary, clear concise presentation of facts, appropriate use of dialogue, as well as the employment of narrative techniques -- narration, description, dialogue, characterization, and use of time, through both set examples and writing exercises suggested by the works read.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Graduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

017224

Course Schedule