Subject objectives/outcomes
At the completion of this subject, students are expected to be able to:
1. produce a biographical piece which conforms to what is expected of contemporary biographical narratives with the
2. appropriate use and acknowledgment of a wide number of sources
3. demonstrate depth of research in writing biographical and travel narratives
4. bring focused critical skills to bear on their own and other's non-fiction narratives
5. produce a piece of travel writing with a strong narrative combined with personal reflections and observations.
Barbara Lounsberry - The Art of Fact: Contemporary Artists of Nonfiction, Greenwood Press, 1990
Norman Sims Literary Journalism in the Twentieth Century, OUP, 1990