CONTEMPORARY NONFICTION
179 (Literature)
Contemporary Nonfiction course focuses on the reading, study of, and response to contemporary works of nonfiction, primarily those written between 1970 and the present. The reading includes both short pieces excerpted from anthologies and/or current periodicals and book-length works. Students study a variety of modes of writing, including persuasion, exposition, personal narrative, research/scientific, travel narrative, and others. Students also work on original nonfiction pieces and write in response to the literature studied. This course emphasizes the importance of being a critical reader, and at the same time it emphasizes the benefits and enjoyment to be gained through reading for pleasure.
Pre: English 1, 2 and 3
Credit: 1/2 A/E/ACP Grade: 12