Non-Fiction I

Fall 2022

Non-Fiction I

Listed in: English, as ENGL-225

Faculty

Min Jin Lee (Section 01)

Description

How can we re-imagine ourselves and the world through our deeply felt personal questions? This course will focus on using personal non-fiction narratives to consider larger themes of politics, history, current events, and our ever-changing social reality. The course welcomes beginning writers who want to learn how to write more creatively without limiting censors and unnecessary judgment. The class will function as a cooperative workshop to help all write more fluently and with greater joy.

Admission with consent of the instructor. Limited to 15 students. Writer-in-Residence Lee.

How to handle overenrollment: The instructor will seek to achieve representative equity (majors, class years, gender, background, etc.).

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: emphasis on written work, readings, artistic work.

Course times and locations

ENGL 225 - LEC

Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM NEWP 100

Textbooks

ISBN	Title	Publisher	Author(s)	Comment	Book Store	Price
	The Best American Essays	Mariner Books	Hilton Als		Amherst Books	TBD
	The Best American Essays of the Century	Mariner Books	Oates and Atwan		Amherst Books	TBD
	The Art of the Personal Essay	Anchor	Phillip Lopate		Amherst Books	TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2023-24: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Fall 2022