Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
CWP-UG
Course Subject
WRIT
Course Number
3130
Course Section
01
Course Title
Forms & Elmnts I: Crtv Nonfict
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2015
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
F, W
Area of Study
ENG, WRIT
Course Description
Goals: In this course students expand their literary writing skills through the study of diverse subgenres co-existing under the creative nonfiction umbrella, learning the basics of writing the literary memoir, the personal essay, the lyric essay, literary reportage, the nonfiction short, and blended forms. Content: Students write across nonfiction form and read classic and contemporary creative nonfiction, as well as writings about nonfiction form, narrative and lyric craft, 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. Students who successfully complete this course with a grade of “C” or better may apply for acceptance into the BFA program. Taught: Annually Prerequisite: ENG 1110 or its equivalent and WRIT 3000. WRIT 3000 may be taken simultaneously with WRIT 3130. Recommended: ENG 3010 or one survey course (ENG 1210, 1220, 1230, 1240, 1250, 1270). Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Francisco, Patricia, "WRIT3130-01.Forms & Elmnts I: Crtv Nonfict.F15.Francisco,Patricia" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 6251.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/6251