CW 561 - Contemporary Creative Nonfiction

This course is a literary survey of contemporary nonfiction, including the personal essay and narrative nonfiction. Students will investigate the relationship between art and culture, between the writer and his / her society. The course will place special emphasis on formal analysis of themes and patterns in contemporary writing. Writers likely to be included are Jo Ann Beard, Joan Didion, Dave Eggers, Lucy Grealy, Pico Iyer, Mary Karr, Philip Lopate, Richard Rodriguez, Terry Tempest Williams and Tobias Wolff.

Course credits: 3