04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R
Section Information for Fall 2016
In this course, students will read several contemporary personal essays and memoirs, with the goal of understanding the difference between these literary forms and simple autobiography. Using Vivian Gornick's The Situation and the Story as one of the textbooks, we will discuss how each writer transforms the chaotic situation of "real life" into a shapely story, long or short. The semester will start with reading and end with peer workshop discussions of students' own personal essays and memoir excerpts. The course is intended for MFA students in any genre.
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Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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