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Academic Year 2000/2001
Writing Prose
ENGL 163 FA
This course feaures exercises in nonfiction writing including profiles, autobiographical sketches, interviews, and descriptive and narrative essays.
MAJOR READINGS
Zinsser, ON WRITING WELL Jacobs, DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES Didion, SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM Terkel, HARD TIMES Myerhoff, NUMBER OUR DAYS Orwell, COLLECTION OF ESSAYS Dillard, TEACHING A STONE
TO TALK Gornick, FIERCE
ATTACHMENTS Ondaatje, IN THE SKIN OF A LION Cisneros, HOUSE ON MANGO STREET Short pieces by Tim O'Brien, Dorothy Allison, Robert Stone, Mary Gaitskill, Amy Tan, Michael Berube, William Finnegan, Brian diSalvatore,
Gay Talese, Alice Walker, and other
s. Children's stories, including: GOODNIGHT MOON and CURIOUS GEORGE.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Short exercises weekly and one long project. The readings serve as models for the writing assignments.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Not open to students who have taken another creative writing course at Wesleyan. To apply for admission, complete the application form available at 279 Court Street, Room 203. One lecture/discussion class and one
section meeting each week. Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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