ENGL 4206: Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Designed for advanced writers of creative nonfiction to further develop their skills, styles, and aesthetics. Combines the reading and discussion of published contemporary creative nonfiction with the writing of original creative works. Section information text: Creative Nonfiction combines the study and discussion of published contemporary creative nonfiction—the personal and lyric essay, memoir, and literary journalism—with the writing of original creative works. Through readings across a broad spectrum of content and forms, students will ground themselves in the foundations of the genre and identify and evaluate craft techniques, and then practice this craft through prompts and assigned exercises during and outside of class. We will also delve into the ethical considerations that come with writing from life. Students will write and exchange drafts in writing workshops in which students will read and critique their classmates’ work. Students also will develop a final portfolio with revisions and reflections. For graduate students, fulfills 5000-level poetry requirement for creative writing concentration; fulfills writing requirement for applied linguistics, children’s literature, and literature concentrations.

Average GPA: 3.34

Grade distribution records: 140 students across 9 terms.

Grade distribution

Based on 140 student grade records across 9 terms and 3 professors.

Instructors

• Bryn Chancellor 73 students, Average GPA 3.49
• Robert Hall 46 students, Average GPA 2.94
• Karon Luddy 20 students, Average GPA 3.74