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Non Fiction Writing: Telling True Stories

  • MAS310
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In this unit we look at techniques and structures writers use to engage ever-more fickle audiences. Key readings are drawn from a number of platforms ? books, feature articles, blogs, graphic novels, indie publishing ? to exemplify some of the more dynamic and engaging recent trends in quality non-fiction writing. We focus in particular on new and novel ways of approaching the past ? historical events, family sagas, crimes, eccentric and little known phenomena ? and on new modes of writing about science, technology and social change. We consider too the emergence of the celebrity non-fiction author. Students are guided to find and develop their own original stories, and produce pieces of... -- Course Website

Instructor: Dr Peter Doyle

Prerequisites: CUL240 and (MAS210 or MAS211) 



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