Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction (EGL201)
Semester 1 / 2016

Texts

y separately published work icon Land's Edge : A Coastal Memoir Tim Winton , Camberwell : Hamish Hamilton , 2010 Z1751546 2010 single work autobiography young adult (taught in 1 units)

Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem

If This Is A Man - The Truce

Art of The Personal Essay

Description

This course introduces different genres within creative non-fiction writing, including: the tradition of the great essayists; travel writing; ‘science’ writing; historical fiction; and memoir, biography and autobiography. In addition, the notion of fraudulence is explored in terms of the Australian literary landscape. Concepts such as verisimilitude, believability, and persuasion are explored, as are the lines between the real and the constructed. The course examines the key roles of objective research and subjective identity in the construction of writing.

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