ENGL 4142 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

English

Description:

Fulfills an elective requirement for the Creative Writing emphasis. Suggested for English majors pursuing an emphasis in Creative Writing and anyone interested in exploring advanced creative nonfiction technique. Invites students to build upon foundational understanding of specificity and detail, research, voice and tone, dialogue, image and metaphor, and point of view introduced and developed in ENGL 2250R: Creative Writing and ENGL 3142: Creative Nonfiction. Types of narrative strategies, modes, and forms analyzed and practiced during the course will be determined according to instructor expertise and may include personal narratives and memoir, articles, literary journalism, lyric essays, spiritual autobiography, travel writing, and satire, among others. Students will read, research, and discuss published models at length to improve their understanding of the conventions, the history, and the practitioners associated with the forms and modes they are learning to produce. Students will craft original nonfiction and critical analyses of assigned readings. Course offered in rotation; consult class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Apply advanced methods for critiquing and responding to peers' work. 2. Examine exemplary works of published nonfiction and use these works as models for their own. 3. Craft creative material that employs the core elements of nonfiction, such as point of view, dialogue, figurative language, detail and specificity, summary, and scene. 4. Critique materials produced for class by peers, providing suggestions for effective revision. 5. Integrate research into creative work. Prerequisites: ENGL 3142 (Grade C or higher). FA (even)

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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