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Spring 2020 | ENGW 8130 Section 001: Seminar: Writing of Literary Nonfiction -- Research Techniques for Literary Nonfiction (65030)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 207A
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (10 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced workshop. Assignments in common and individual projects. prereq: dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Much of the richest contemporary nonfiction is informed by research--essays and memoir as much as literary journalism. In this seminar we'll explore research techniques that bring the broader world into personal stories, whether in the form of biology, history, genealogy, chemistry, photographs, or maps. We will visit the university archives, conduct interviews, untangle scientific research, learn to manage our piles of data and attempt to bend the information to our will. We will read model texts that are memoirs, essays, literary journalism, and hybrids. Finally, we'll discuss ways of incorporating facts without losing the scene, story, and individual voice that make literary nonfiction such a pleasure to read.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65030/1203
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