ENGL 411 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop 4

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

ENGLISH

Description:

This course is a workshop environment, garnering a significant output of original creative work in creative nonfiction. Emphasis will include the craft and theory of the genre as students concentrate on consistency in voice, choices in narrative and psychic distance to events, negotiations of dramatization and exposition, ethos and verisimilitude of an increasingly hostile genre, and control of prose through consistent, evocative technique. Students will assemble a mini-collection of their work in creative nonfiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 402. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Produce texts that demonstrate ongoing command of concepts and skills attained in ENGL 365, ENGL 401, and ENGL 402. (2) Lead discussions of original texts in workshop to demonstrate engagement with and attention to craft, theory, and process-based writing including psychic distance, dramatization, exposition, verisimilitude, and significant detail. (3) Analyze and discuss the structure, content, technique, and influences at work in model texts, including work done by peers and by professional writers. (4) Use workshop as an integral part of revising drafts of creative nonfiction essays. (5) Describe their own developing aesthetic sensibility and place it within the tradition of contemporary creative nonfiction. (6) Synthesize coherent written and verbal responses to substantial works of nonfiction and to relevant contemporary criticism about creative nonfiction. (7) Create a manuscript in standard format for the genre that represents a substantial step toward a chapbook-length project or mini-collection.

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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