WRIT 3130 - Forms of Creative Nonfiction

Goals: In this course students study the diverse subgenres co-existing under the creative nonfiction umbrella, such as the literary memoir, the personal essay, the lyric essay, literary reportage, the nonfiction short, and blended forms.

Content: Readings include classic and contemporary creative nonfiction as well as writings about nonfiction form and other issues related to this hard-to-pin-down and still-developing genre. The course combines lecture, discussion, reading, writing exercises and experiments, and other assignments.

Prerequsiste: ENG 1110

Recommended: ENG 3010 or one survey course (ENG 1210, 1220, 1230, 1240, 1250, 1270)

Credits: 4 credits