Seminar in Creative Nonfiction

Course Description

Students write and critique each others’ original work in a workshop-style format. Through presentation and critique of published and student-generated work, students will advance their understanding of the genre’s many forms, including memoir, autobiography, nature writing, literary journalism, and the personal essay, while strengthening their own writing.

Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate various aesthetic theories of literary nonfiction.
• Formulate practical and theoretical models of teaching and learning the writing of literary nonfiction.
• Critique specific works of literature in literary non-fiction.
• Develop publishable-quality writing in literary nonfiction.
• Evaluate different literary formats.
• Implement craft principles of plot, characterization, style, point of view, narrative technique, and language in the creation of literary nonfiction.