FYS 378 - The Hoax:Seeking Truth in Disruptive Imagination

Institution:

Bates College

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Description:

Writers and artists create certain fictions to attract an audience; is a well-made hoax the consummate fiction, or is it vile deceit This course explores controversial intersections of creativity, deception, and intellectual scholarship. In analyzing a variety of "successful" hoaxes and performances-literary, cinematic, and artistic-students judge what productive work, and what damage, these fictions create. Their investigations consider how shifting uses of identity, authorship, and credibility challenge their skills as writers and researchers. Students create their own "false documents" with text, images, and objects. Enrollment limited to 15. [W1] R. Strong.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bates.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 786-6000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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