Literature 2232 - Writing the World: Nonfiction Prose

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

This is a course in two skills: students learn to make excellent nonfiction prose and to see the world around them. When it comes to the art of nonfiction prose, the emphasis nearly always falls on the personal. In this course, students turn their gaze outward and write from direct experience. Models are drawn from history and the broad category of nonfiction writing that is often, and absurdly, called "current events." For students inthe course, the goal is to become compelling witnesses and makers of acute prose-but the goal is also art, not journalism. Students write four to five pages every week.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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