Accidental Realities: Fiction
Spring 2021
Taught By: Sharon M Mesmer
Section: A
CRN: 3774
Credits: 3
Cut-ups, collage, use of dream images, and heightened language are often the provenance of poetry. In this class, experimentation with words and text is applied to the writing of fiction. Building upon pre-existing narratives, stories, or characters--or creating them--students learn to produce an exploded prose that opens up new avenues for creation and interpretation. Model readings--Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Bataille's The Impossible, and Cisneros' House on Mango Street--are paired with writing assignments (the events of one day, an obsession, vignettes of childhood) and in-class writings (cut-ups, "exquisite corpses") to provide new ideas and methods for composing fiction.
College: Schools of Public Engagement (NS)
Department: Writing Program (NWRW)
Campus: Online (DL)
Course Format: Seminar (R)
Max Enrollment: 16
Add/Drop Deadline: February 1, 2021 (Monday)
Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 13, 2021 (Tuesday)
Seats Available: Yes
Status: Open*
* Status information is updated every five minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 9:45am 1/23/2021 EST