ENGLISH 223 - Creative Nonfiction

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    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ENGL C1000 or ENGLISH 101 or 101X or 101Y or 101Z or E.S.L. 110
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    Students will read and write about different forms of Creative Nonfiction (biography, profiles, cultural criticism, personal narrative, diary, historical fiction, etc.). Authors from the early Greek historians and the journal writers and diarists of the plague years will show the roots of the genre, but modern examples of diverse writings from biographies to historical fiction will be studied as well. During the semester, students will learn to recognize and explore the features of creative nonfiction in all formats including contemporary trends in blogging, e-published works, podcast scripts. How, for example, did the history of Alexander Hamilton become the box-office sensation Hamilton?