English 321 - Literary Journalism CM

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Hiram College

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Literary journalism has its roots in the early work of Daniel Defoe, but in the last few decades has come into its own-a genre marked by distinct conventions of style, form, and sensibility. Students will read samples of work by several generations of literary journalists who have shaped (and continue to shape) the genre-work by writers like George Orwell, Stephen Crane, Norman Mailer, Lillian Ross, Tom Wolfe, Mark Singer, Lauren Slater, Annie Dillard, Mark Kramer, John McPhee, Joan Didion, Michael Pollan, Robert Sullivan, Alice Walker, Amy Tan, and Ian Frazier, as well as new voices emerging every day. They will write a long piece of immersion journalism themselves, joining the ongoing conversation nonfiction writers are having about this inventive and important form in American letters. A 3-hour version of this course is offered as WRIT 319. A student may receive credit for only one of these courses. Prerequisites: WRIT 221 or permission.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HIRAM.EDU

Phone Number:

(330) 569-3211

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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