Course Description
Students will focus on a question of style, structure, technique, or ethics in nonfiction writing. Students will explore this question by creating and completing a reading list and writing a critical essay of publishable length that examines a narrative writer, a body of work, or a craft issue in the student's own work.
Athena Title
Nonfiction Craft Reflect III
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Prerequisite
JNMW 6000E or JNMW 6001E or JNMW 6002E or JNMW 6003E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Throughout the semester students will work on a single critical essay. The essay will explore a question of style, structure, technique or ethics; critique a particular writer, a body of work, or individual nonfiction narrative; or analyze the student's own work from a particular theoretical or historical prospective.
Topical Outline
I. Selecting and developing a focused topic for a research paper or craft essay. II. Conducting effective theoretical and historical investigation. III. Writing the annotated bibliography. IV. Applying knowledge acquired in the preceding three courses to writing the craft essay.