Writing the Self: Memoir

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Working off of the premise that we, too, contain multitudes, in this creative writing workshop, we will explore the process of taking our intricate, unruly, expansive, and multidimensional selves and experiences and shaping them onto the written page. Through mining for inspiration a range of works, from the linear to the experimental, in which writers use "I" as a point of departure for describing their worlds, we will develop and refine our own methods for telling the complexity of the self. This course will move between discussions of readings and craft techniques, in-class writing, and full-class workshops. Students will work as a classroom community to constructively comment on each other's work as well as to investigate through writing the ways that the self can be expressed and transformed, pushing the boundaries of the artistic and written imagination. Prerequisite(s): FYWR 1020 or BUS 1010 .