2011-12 Catalog

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Offering Description

Slicing Life: Crafting the Narrative Memoir

Summer 2012 quarter

Faculty
Eddy Brown creative writing, literature
Fields of Study
cultural studies, literature and writing
Preparatory for studies or careers in
writing, literature and teaching
Description

Through writing exercises, informal reader responses to published literature, workshops, and seminars on selected readings, students will be guided toward improving their writing and storytelling skills and gaining a deeper understanding of narrative nonfiction and the short story. Participants will develop practical, transferrable knowledge of literary genres, writing as a craft and process, and story analysis. Overall, students will be directed toward becoming more capable and confident readers and writers and more self-aware individuals. The major project for the course will be a 10-15 page narrative memoir.

Advertised Schedule
10a-3p Tue/Thu (Jun. 26 - Jul. 26)
Location
Olympia
Online Learning
Enhanced Online Learning
Books
Greener Store
Offered During
Day