Creations of style and technique in prose nonfiction; discipline and practice of the writer.

Course Details

Prerequisites
ENGL 218R (Creative Writing) or instructor's consent.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Montaigne
Lesson 3: Contemporary Theory
Lesson 4: Eduardo Galeano and Short Nonfiction
Lesson 5: Fact
Lesson 6: Contemporary Essays
Lesson 7: Essay on Place
Lesson 8: Critiquing Others
Lesson 9: Interview
Lesson 10: Doyle, Frazier, Sanders Essay
Lesson 11: Publishing Exercise
Lesson 12: Final Portfolio
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Textbooks
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The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2012 (Required)
by: Root and Robert Jr. and Michael Steinberg
ISBN: 9780205172771
2011 Pearson
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Days and Nights of Love and War
by: Eduardo Galeano
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The Book of Embraces
by: Cedric Belfrage
ISBN: 9780393029604
1992 W. W. Norton & Company
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Upside Down : A Primer For The Looking-Glass World
by: Mark Fried
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Voices Of Time : A Life In Stories
by: Mark Fried
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Flatness And Other Landscapes
by: Michael Martone
ISBN: 9780820324791
2003 University of Georgia Press
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Notes from No Man’s Land
by: Eula Biss
ISBN: 9781555975180
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Sick Of Nature
by: Gessner, David
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2005 Dartmouth College Press
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The Emigrants
by: W.G. Sebald
ISBN: 9780811213660
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A Private History of Awe
by: Scott Russell Sanders
ISBN: 9780865477346
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Gone to New York: Adventures in the City.
by: Ian Frazier
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Hunting for Hope
by: Scott Russell Sanders
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Leaping: Revelations and Epiphanies
by: Brian Doyle
ISBN: 9780829418132
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The Fish’s Eye: Essays about Angling and the Outdoors
by: Ian Frazier
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The Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart
by: Brian Doyle
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2005 Paraclete Press
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Digital TextRequiredThe Book of Embraces. Digital version of text $4.50Digital TextRequiredWriting Creative Nonfiction – The Flatness and Other Landscapes. Digital version of text $11.75