07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W
Section Information for Spring 2015
This course offers an intensive study of the craft of the personal essay. What is a personal essay and how is it different from an "article" or a "story"? What are some of the successful strategies various writers throughout history and across cultures have used in writing their essays? What makes a good essay? Does the essay have to be "about" a specific topic, and if so, to what extent? How can we use the topic to serve rather than drive the writing? How does the writer construct the "persona" or the "narrator" of the essay, and how is that "persona" or "narrator" different from the writer?
These and other questions will be asked;answers will be attempted throughout the semester. There will be weekly readings, discussions, and writing assignments. The course is intended for (and limited to) MFA students in all three genres.
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Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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