ENG 4830 - Form and Theory of Literary Genres: Nonfiction

Thorough study of selected issues in the writing of creative nonfiction, including essays and/or memoirs, exemplified in a range of classic and/or contemporary texts.

Requisites: 2 Creative writing courses (ENG 3610 or 3620 or 3630 or 3950 or 3960 or 3970 or 4860 or 4870 or 4880)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will appreciate the variety of forms and styles of nonfiction prose.
Students will become more sophisticated readers of nonfiction, from a practitioner’s perspective.
Students will deepen their awareness of discursive strategies for presenting observations, meditations, social commentary, and/or autobiographical narratives.

Ohio University

Ohio University

ENG 4830 - Form and Theory of Literary Genres: Nonfiction