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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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