Course Title: Creative Nonfiction

Course Code: ENG-508
Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Contents

📌 Core Texts & Anthologies

• The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present – Edited by Phillip Lopate
• The Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction – Edited by Williford & Martone
• The Literary Journalists – Edited by Norman Sims
• This Boy’s Life – Tobias Wolff

📌 Exploring Creative Nonfiction

• Definition and Scope of Creative Nonfiction
• The Personal Essay: Art and Technique
• Memoir Writing: Narrating Personal Experience
• Literary Journalism: Blending Fact and Art
• The Lyrical Essay: Aesthetic and Poetic Elements in Nonfiction
• Writing from Life: Turning Real Events into Engaging Narratives

📌 Genres of Creative Nonfiction

• Autobiography and Biography
• Travel Writing
• Nature and Environmental Writing
• Cultural and Social Commentary
• Hybrid Forms and Experimental Nonfiction

📌 Techniques in Creative Nonfiction

• Voice and Style in Nonfiction
• Narrative Structure and Storytelling
• The Role of Research in Nonfiction Writing
• Ethics and Truth in Nonfiction
• The Role of Memory and Imagination

📌 Publishing and Professional Development

• The Literary Market for Nonfiction
• How to Write for Magazines and Online Platforms
• Editing and Refining Nonfiction Writing
• Finding Your Unique Voice as a Writer

Recommended Books & Websites

📚 Key Books on Creative Nonfiction:

• Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction (2nd Edition) – Brenda Miller & Suzanne Paola
• Writing True – Sondra Perl & Mimi Schwartz
• Creative Nonfiction: A Guide to Form, Content, and Style with Readings – Eileen Pollack
• To Tell the Truth: Practice and Craft in Narrative Nonfiction – Connie D. Griffin
• You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything In Between – Lee Gutkind
• Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide – Edited by Mark Kramer & Wendy Call
• On Writing Well – William Zinsser
• The Elements of Style – Strunk & White
• The Writer’s Personal Mentor – Priscilla Long

📚 Online Resources & Magazines:

• Creative Nonfiction (www.creativenonfiction.org)
• Brevity (brevitymag.com) – Personal narrative & memoir essays
• Narrative Magazine (www.narrativemagazine.com)
• Sweet: A Literary Confection (sweetlit.com)
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency – Fiction, art, comics, creative nonfiction
• Poets & Writers Magazine – Resources for poets and writers
• UCI Literary Journalism – Resources on literary journalism
• The Lyrical Essay: The Seneca Review – Essays and examples of lyrical nonfiction

📚 Top Magazines for Nonfiction Writing:

• Harper’s Magazine
• Reader’s Digest – Lifestyle and well-being
• The Atlantic Magazine – Analysis, fiction, current affairs
• The New Yorker Magazine – Poetry, fiction, nonfiction
• The Saturday Evening Post
• The UTNE Reader – Independent press
• The Walrus Magazine – Politics, art, culture, poetry, and fiction