ENG 204 - Topic/ Lit: Varieties of Nonfiction

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Southern Maine Community College

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This class will examine contemporary creative nonfiction literature in the sub genres of memoir, nature writing, the personal essay, and literary journalism. Although the readings will be "contemporary," an overview of the history, variety and evolution of the genre will be provided as well. Students will explore nonfiction as both scholars and writers. The class will be a combination of reading and composing with a focus on critical and creative writing. Students will keep a journal of critical and reflective responses to assigned readings (annotations); comments on the drafts of other students' work, and notes towards one's own work in progress. Class time will be devoted to critical examination of work read, sharing of journals, and free writing exercises suggested by the techniques demonstrated in the texts. Prerequisite(s): ENG 080, ENG 090 and ENG 111. Corequisite(s): ENG 115.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.smccME.edu

Phone Number:

(207) 741-5500

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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