Wkshp On French Society in Transition

Catalog description

Examples of topics include 'Contemporary France through the Prism of Creative Nonfiction Writing.’ This course introduces an approach to investigating French society through the lens of creative nonfiction. What can creative nonfiction teach us about French society that journalism cannot? Each class will unwrap various aspects of modern France: manners of the elites; Parisian poverty; culinary arts; the consequences of terrorism; family secrets; the environment; questions of ethnic and racial diversity. All while exploring these themes, the students engage with methods and techniques for writing creative nonfiction, and eventually, write their own text dealing with contemporary France. We will host numerous authors in the class.