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Academic Year 2001/2002

Nonfiction Narrative Writing
ENGL 176 FA

This is an intensive six-week course with lots of reading and writing that any writer should find pertinent. The form is journalism and nonfiction analysis. Students analyze nonprose and learn to write it. The instructor lectures, encourages, and harangues. Grammar and punctuation count. Student responsibilities include three writing assignments, two narrative analysis assignments.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings in memoir and journalism. Not about the self.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Assignments every week.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students selected from all classes, all majors. Instructor looks for interest in the world outside the self, for clarity, self-control, and originality. (Correct punctuation helps.) Leave writing samples with the English Dept. Secretary no later than NOON ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. A CLASS LIST WILL BE POSTED ON DEPARTMENTAL BULLETIN BOARD BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. Drop/Add registration only. The chances of a first-year student having learned enough about literature to get into this class are awfully small.

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: .5    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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