How to capture - and convey - the immediacy of one's own experience? This is the central question explored by this graduate workshop. Students will work on the question of what "personal" means exactly, and how far memoir and autobiography are distinct from fiction. This course explores narrative structure, description, characterisation, dialogue, atmosphere, under- and over-statement, and context. It draws on the experience of AUP's Center for Writers & Translators and its Cahier Series which specialises in personal narrative.
Code:
CW5003
Name:
GRADUATE NONFICTION WORKSHOP: CRAFTING PERSONAL NARRATIVES
Discipline:
CW
Type:
Regular
Level:
Graduate
Credits:
4
Can be taken twice for credit?:
Yes
Pre-requisites:
College Level=New Student - Grad OR College Level=Graduate OR College Level=Graduate - Continuing
Co-requisites:
None