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ENG 204 - Creative Non-Fiction - Textbook

Unit 7: Meaningful Image and Final Memoir

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the features and sub-genres of Creative Non-Fiction
  • Understand the interaction between works in Creative Non-Fiction and their cultural/hostorical context
  • Enhance strategies for reading, drafting, revising, editing, and self-assessment
  • Gather, interpret, and assess information from a variety of sources and points of view
  • Have experience writing in many of the sub-genres of Creative Non-Fiction
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the skills involved in the creative process.

wave of water in focus against orange sky

Fun Home

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

The link above will take you to Internet Archive. To borrow the text, you will need to create a free account with Internet Archive.
Chapter 1 is the assigned reading.

Fun Home: Facing the Past Through Fiction

Matt Draper on Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" and its use of literary allusion to craft an unforgettable autobiography.

Pictures That Say A Lot

By Todays Fact

20 Motivational Images

Top 20 Motivational Images with Deep Meaning by Todays Fact

How to Draw Using Basic Shapes

"You can draw anything by breaking your reference down into basic shapes."

Attribution

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Source: Alison Bechdel, 2006
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Fun Home: Facing the Past Through Fiction
Source: Matt Draper

Pictures That Say A Lot
Source: Todays Fact

20 Motivational Images
Source: Todays Fact

How to Draw Anything Using Basic Shapes
Source: Paint with Caleb