Imagining a Place for Creative Nonfiction

Autor/in	Hesse, Douglas
Titel	Imagining a Place for Creative Nonfiction
Quelle	In: English Journal, 99 (2009) 2, S.18-24 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Creative Writing; Reading Strategies; English Teachers; Nonfiction; Poetry; Writing Skills; Graduate Study; Undergraduate Study; English Instruction; Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction; Journalism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreatives Schreiben; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Non-fiction; Nichtfiktionaler Text; Lyrik; Poesie; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Grundstudium; English langauage lessons; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibunterricht; Journalistik; Journalismus
Abstract	Writing creative nonfiction means perceiving what details are worth telling, why they might matter, and how they might connect. Although no one much likes the term "creative nonfiction" (some are bothered by defining something by what it's not, others by a conviction that the idea is oxymoronic), it has emerged as the name of choice. In the past couple decades, dozens of college creative writing programs have added nonfiction tracks to fiction and poetry, so that at both undergraduate and graduate levels, nonfiction constitutes an academic growth area. "Creative nonfiction" (CNF) is an umbrella term for a host of loosely related genres, such as memoirs, essays, literary journalism and place writing. But why should English teachers bother? In this article, the author explains why English teachers should teach creative nonfiction and offers tips on how to read CNF. A few reading strategies that are particularly useful for creative nonfiction are presented. (Contains 1 note.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10