Dismantling the Clockwork: Creative Writing and Narrative Techniques

Catalog description

This class focuses on creating literary texts in Spanish, which involves the development of a sensibility to appreciate narrative texts and the skills to employ writing techniques, e.g, use of the first person, free indirect speech or the stream of consciousness. Drawing from theoretical reflections on writing made by Latin American and Spanish canonical writers as well as examples of its use, we'll explore the creative possibilities of narrative forms: aphorisms, prose poetry and short stories. Our objective is to strengthen students’ skills as individual and collaborative authors through exercises in literary production and techniques, strategies, and habits of good writing. In Spanish.