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Skip to contentDepartment of EnglishMenu Close Search Undergraduate ProgramMFA in Creative WritingPhD in English & American LiteratureResearchStudent ResourcesOur PeopleLet your curiosity lead the way:Apply TodayHomeCoursesUpcoming EventsRecent NewsThe SpectacleContact Us Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&S Craft of Nonfiction WRITING 5621 In some ways, the memoir blitz that began in the 1990s created a mistaken notion that writing about the self is a modern invention. The contemporary memoir may be a modern invention of the publishing industry (hypotheses abound that it was partly borne of a marketing ploy to deal with the abundance of autobiographical first novels being written by graduates of MFA programs at the time), but writing about the self has a solid history behind it. While this course will begin with and focus on the contemporary memoir, we will also consider its precursors and look at examples that chart the history of autobiographical writing from its beginnings as confessions through its longstanding era as autobiography to its current moment as memoir. We will read contemporary memoirs representing the major subcategories of the genre, including coming of age memoirs, memoirs of illness and trauma, travel memoirs, occupational memoirs, memoirs about family, and experimental memoirs. To consider the differences that occur when one writes about the self as a fictional construct versus a nonfictional one, we will also look at some contemporary memoirs that were originally published as novels and rewritten and republished decades later as memoirs. Throughout the semester students will write short works of memoir aimed at generating material for potential book-length works as well as one longer final project. Preference given to students in the MFA Creative Writing Program. 3 units. Course Attributes: Section 01Craft of Nonfiction INSTRUCTOR: FinneranM------ 03:00 PM | TBA View Course Listing - SP2022 View Course Listing - FL2023 View Course Listing - FL2024 Quick LinksNewsEventsOur PeopleFaculty BookshelfDepartment AwardsResourcesContactAdditional information Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&SCopyright 2024 by:Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. LouisFollow Us Facebook Twitter Contact Us: Department of English [email protected] Visit the main Washington University in St. Louis website1 Brookings Drive / St. Louis, MO 63130 / wustl.edu