Special Topics: Merging Forms
ENGL 224
Spring 2023
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01
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In this workshop for first- and second-year students, we will explore works that unsettle, cross, merge, hybridize, and otherwise play with genre (fiction, poetry, memoir, and criticism), and with readers' expectations of such boundaries and conventions. By reading the published texts on the syllabus and students' own work, we will look closely at how a range of writers both depend on and interrogate definitions of genre--while keeping in mind that such definitions are themselves historical constructs. Students will experiment with various forms in their own work, in shorter exercises and longer assignments. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Creative W) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 In-person only |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Authors studied will include Hilton Als, Daniel Defoe, Sheila Heti, Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, Wayne Koestenbaum, Claudia Rankine, Luc(y) Sante, Layli Long Soldier, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Several shorter exercises, long assignments, and revision. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Intensive participation in discussion and regular writing deadlines |
| Instructor(s): Cohen,Lisa Times: ..T.... 08:50AM-11:40AM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 14 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 14 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 7 | FR: 7 |
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