The Art of Memoir ((4 Credits))

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In this course, we will read memoirs written by a variety of writers, look at how these writers have edited their lives, what they have included and omitted, and from a literary point of view, at the ways they constructed their stories. Students will write critically about the memoirs they read and use these memoirs as models to begin writing their own memoirs. This study will develop the students' critical thinking, reading and writing skills, and hopefully provide them with new insights and records of their lives. Students much have a prior creative writing course.