ENG 371 - Living Writers

Institution:

Muhlenberg College

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Description:

This teamtaught course focuses on the work of six or seven wellknown writers (of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) who visit Muhlenberg to discuss their work, meet with students, and give a public reading. The class meets as one group on a weekly basis, either for a lecture or for a presentation by one of the visiting writers, and again in sections for discussions of each writer's work. Writers who have participated in this course include Peter Carey, Philip Levine, Andrea Barrett, Robert Pinsky, Carolyn Forche, Paul Muldoon, Frederick Busch, David Bradley, Alice Fulton, Jay Wright, and Francine Prose. Fulfills elective requirement of writing concentration. Offered in the fall semester of alternating years. Meets general academic requirement L.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.muhlenberg.edu

Phone Number:

(484) 664-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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