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ENGL163
Writing Prose
ENGL163 FA
Not Currently Offered
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 others.
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: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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