ENGL 365 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop 1

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

ENGLISH

Description:

This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in creative nonfiction. Students will also master the ethics and practices of workshopping and responding to writing by their peers. Portfolios will be compiled by each student in the workshop. Prerequisite: ENGL 200 or completion of "Interpret Creative Works" theme. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: (1) Write original texts based on a series of prompts. (2) Revise their texts to improve content, clarity, consistency, and craft. (3) Analyze the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in a series of model texts, including work done by both peers and professional writers. (4) Produce written and verbal responses to drafts of peers' written work when discussed during workshop sessions. (5) Accept or reject feedback offered during workshop sessions for demonstrable reasons pertinent to craft. (6) Identify and make use of a limited number of nonfiction forms. (7) Assess their own writing, and appraise their progress during the term.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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