ENG 631 - The Craft of Nonfiction

Institution:

Chatham University

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Description:

Students engage the craft of writing nonfiction through the teaching of literature and journalism. They address issues of style, point of view, narrative, and dramatic coherence, and pay careful attention to problems involving the assimilation of facts into the body of a piece, the treatment of memory data, the use of detail and scene-setting, and the relationship between fictional and poetic strategies and nonfiction writing. Writing assignments will vary, some creative and some critical, focusing on either the reading or theoretical issues raised in class. Students should be prepared to read intensively and consider the assigned readings, rather than their own writing, to be the center of this course.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

ENG631

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Institution Website:

www.chatham.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 365-1100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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