Creative Nonfiction
Manchester
Liberal Arts :: English
Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:
10
CRN: 56048
CRN: 56048
Intensive writing course emphasizing the blend of basic elements that constitute creative nonfiction: research, observation, and personal experience. Also readings and discussion of some of the best published creative nonfiction. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.
Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
Instructors: Susanne Paterson
Times & Locations
| Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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| 1/21/2025 | 5/5/2025 | W | 9:10am - 12:00pm | PANDRA P504 |
Additional Course Details:
This course features creative nonfiction which is focused on peril, risk, and survival. It showcases memoirs, investigative reportage, and reflective works. We will be analyzing both the contents and the craft of the texts, and we will be developing our own creative nonfiction projects over the course of the semester. Any student with an enthusiasm for or interest in creative nonfiction, memoir-writing, and developing a distinctive writerly voice is welcome.
Booklist
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IN COLD BLOOD
(94)
by CAPOTE Required
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INTO THIN AIR-W/NEW AFTERWORD
(97)
by KRAKAUER Required
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WORST HARD TIME
(06)
by EGAN Required
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STASILAND:STORIES FROM BEHIND BERLIN...
(02)
by FUNDER Required
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HEARTLAND
(19)
by SMARSH Required
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EBK AFTER THE ECLIPSE
(15)
by PERRY Required
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EBK AFTER THE ECLIPSE
(15)
by PERRY Required
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EBK AFTER THE ECLIPSE
(15)
by PERRY Required
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EBK AFTER THE ECLIPSE
(15)
by PERRY Required
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EBK AFTER THE ECLIPSE
(15)
by PERRY Required
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EBK AFTER THE ECLIPSE
(15)
by PERRY Required
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