ENGL 227 - Life -Writing as Literature:Studies in Biography and Autobiography

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University of Richmond

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Study of resources, methods, and aims governing the re-creation of individual lives by writers of biography and autobiography. Prerequisite(s): English 103 with a grade of C or better or exemption. General Education Requirement: (FSLT) Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This is a readings course that focuses upon life-writing as an art. It explores the ways meaning is constructed within biography and autobiography and considers the means by which life-writers collect, evaluate, and shape data from their own lives or the lives of others. It also attends to the similarities and differences in the processes of generating, interpreting, and presenting material used by life-writers and writers of fiction. In addition to assigned texts, students have the opportunity to read and write about a biography and autobiography of their own choosing.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.richmond.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 289-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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