Before contacting the professor with your request, please read Readiness for English 384. This document also provides further information about the course. Readiness for English 384
Overview
English 384: Writing Creative Non-fiction is a senior-level course that offers students the opportunity to write creative non-fiction and receive feedback on their writing. Creative non-fiction, also called literary non-fiction or literary journalism, is a genre that applies to non-fiction the principles of storytelling usually associated with fiction. Students will learn these principles of storytelling as they produce their own work.
English 384 is part of the English program at Athabasca University and can be taken for credit towards our degree in English, and other degree programs. Students can contact staff in the Centre for Humanities for more information about our degree
Outline
Unit 1: Introduction to the Genre of Creative Non-fiction
Unit 2: Biography and Autobiography
Unit 3: Writing about Place
Unit 4: Writing about History and Culture
Evaluation
To receive credit for ENGL 384, you must achieve a minimum grade of 50 percent on each assignment and a composite grade of at least D (50 percent). The weighting of the assignments is as follows:
Activity
Weight
Assignment 1
10%
Assignment 2
20%
Assignment 3
15%
Assignment 4
20%
Assignment 5
25%
Assignment 6
10%
Total
100%
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Miller, Brenda, and Suzanne Paola. Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction. New York: McGraw–Hill, 2019. (eText)
Armstrong, Luanne, and Zoë Landale. Slice Me Some Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Creative Nonfiction. Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn, 2011. (Print)
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