Workshop in Creative Nonfiction Writing

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) This course introduces the student to the study and practice of the various forms of literary nonfiction. A text on creative nonfiction writing will be assigned to support the reading and analyses of published works. The student writer will develop skill in the incorporation of techniques from creative writing, such as point of view, voice, characterization and dialogue. Discussion will center around works in progress as well as works by contemporary essayists, such as Katha Pollitt, Alice Walker, James Baldwin, Jewelle Gomez and Barry Lopez. Other areas of nonfiction which may be covered can include memoir, autobiography, nature writing and the personal essay.