Intermediate Nonfiction Workshop
ENGL 325
Fall 2025
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
This workshop is designed for experienced writers looking to deepen their practice in narrative nonfiction. Students will explore a range of forms -- including memoir, criticism, interviews, travel writing, and autofiction -- while engaging with core elements such as plot, structure, character, and place. Together, we¿ll grapple with questions like: How do we write about the self in conversation with broader social and political realities? How can we depict others with both acuity and empathy? And how might we write about art and literature in ways that are both intellectually rigorous and emotionally resonant? The course will include local field trips and visits to author readings. By semester's end, students will have crafted and refined several original works of nonfiction and developed greater confidence as both writers and editors. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: ENGL224 OR ENGL228 OR ENGL278 OR ENGL292 OR ENGL326 OR ENGL266 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (English) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
We will read work by Jamaica Kincaid, Arundhati Roy, Ryzard Kapuscinski, Paul Auster, James Baldwin, Pankaj Mishra, Joan Didion, Caryl Phillips, and Sigrid Nunez.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Frequent short assignments. Craft presentation. Two workshop submissions. Final Project. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Please submit a prerequisite override request describing your qualifications if you feel you qualify for the course but have not taken the prerequisites.
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: CW requirement, CW 300-level course, CW upper-level CW workshop, elective. The English department highly recommends that students be enrolled in only one Creative Writing course in a semester. If you are admitted to more than one Creative Writing course, the department requests that you choose one and let the instructors know during Adjustment Period. By doing so you will be considerate of instructors and other students. |
| Instructor(s): Sawhney,Hirsh Times: ....R.. 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 10 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 1 | FR: 2 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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