Overview
Description
We will analyze some of the most influential works of book-length narrative nonfiction since 1945 with close attention to literary analysis and historical and biographical context.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- analyze the reporting and writing strategies used by journalists to create rigorously true stories that aspire to the literary standards of the best fiction.
- analyze trends in the development of narrative nonfiction from 1945 to the present.
- articulate and defend their own interpretations of literary works in rigorous and challenging discussions.