Reading and Writing Memoir
ENGL 214Z
Winter 2021
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01
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In this intensive Winter Session class, we will read a variety of short and long works from the beloved, bewitching nonfiction genre of memoir, paying close attention to how the authors parse the past--and which parts they parse--to convert memories into lyrical works of literature that are at once personal and universal. We will also write our own examples of memoir, which will be the course's primary assignments. Students will have short writing exercises every day in class, so the course will offer a writing immersion experience.
Please note: Students should expect some readings and assignments to be due during winter break, prior to beginning Winter Session. Please visit the Winter Session website for the full syllabus: http://www.wesleyan.edu/wintersession. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - Winter Session Short |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Primo Levi, THE PERIODIC TABLE (1975)
Edwidge Danticat, BROTHER I AM DYING (1994)
Anthony Bourdain, KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL (2000)
Philip Lopate, TO SHOW AND TELL
Other readings (provided by instructor)
Patricia Hampl, ¿Memory and Imagination¿
James Baldwin, Selections from Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time
David Sedaris, ¿Journey into Night¿ (c/o The New Yorker)
Alfred Kazin, ¿Brownsville Kitchen¿
Jamaica Kincaid, excerpt from ¿A Small Place¿
Henry David Thoreau, Walden (excerpts)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short works of memoir and one analytical paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the Creative Writing and Theory and Literary Forms concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Bonner,Jeanne M. Times: .MTWR.. 10:00AM-12:00PM; .MTWR.. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: ONLINE; ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: 3 |
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