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Nonfiction Narratives <\/STRONG><\/P>\n
\u201cThe art of nonfiction is an acting job, and, like an actor, the essayist performs a character role each time he or she starts a new piece. The author\u2019s theater is the page, and his\/her persona is a function of textual, rather than physical or audible, \u2018gestures.\u2019\u201d Natalie Kusz<\/P>
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Rather than seeing a work of nonfiction as a dry catalog of facts or an attempt at a full transference\u00a0of an author\u2019s \u201creal\u201d essence to the page, we\u00a0will\u00a0examine texts with the assumption that the author is writing through the lens of a consciously-constructed character, thus emphasizing the\u00a0creative\u00a0<\/EM>element. We\u00a0will\u00a0examine the character the author has created, and we\u00a0will\u00a0continually ask ourselves who is speaking\u2014at-the-desk\u00a0<\/EM>character or the\u00a0on-the-page\u00a0<\/EM>character. Conversations\u00a0will\u00a0center around persona, point of view, and voice.<\/P> With everything we read for the class, we\u00a0will\u00a0be keeping in mind what sorts of techniques we can take from various authors to use in our own writing. 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