ENG 390 - Creative Nonfiction (3)

Creative nonfiction is “true stories well told” (Gutkind). While the word “nonfiction” describes the form the writing in this class will take, the word “creative” refers to literary craft and the techniques that fiction writers, playwrights, and poets employ in those genres to tell factually accurate prose about real people and real places in a compelling, vivid, and dramatic manner. The goal of this class is to explore, practice, and experiment with various techniques and forms of creative nonfiction (essay, memoir, personal narrative, nature writing, travel writing, literary journalism), and gain tools to be able to draw, as skillfully as possible, a reader into the “vivid and continuous dream” of a great, true story.

Prerequisite(s): One of: ENG110, ENG151, or JRN110
Grading Method: Letter Grade
Term Typically Offered: Spring